The Church teaches that the human person participates in the power of the divine Spirit, writes Cathal Barry

“I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world.” Socrates wrote those words more than 2,400 years ago. Today more than ever these are words which we would need to appropriate because, more and more, our world and we ourselves are sinking into some unhealthy forms of tribalism where we are…

“I’m more and more convinced that the most important task of a priest is to be an agent and minister of God’s compassion and mercy”, writes Father Martin Delaney

The saints did not fall into the modern trap of letting particular worldly experiences ‘measure doctrine’, writes Editor Michael Kelly

“This is the time for Ireland to step up to the plate, show leadership and assume a greater role within the councils of Europe”, writes Mary Kenny

Proposals for religious orders to help tackle the housing shortage may hint at improved relations between Church and State, writes Greg Daly

Priesthood has, in a sense, been lost in a fog of a desire to promote the universal call to holiness

It is such a tragedy that Amnesty has taken away the focus from their great work by introducing abortion as a campaigning issue

Francis is saying that fidelity means sticking by someone even when they become burdensome, writes David Quinn