The Church teaches that certain blessings have a lasting importance, writes Cathal Barry

“The most damaging idolatry is not the golden calf but enmity against the other.” The renowned anthropologist, Rene Girard, wrote that and its truth is not easily admitted. Most of us like to believe that we are mature and big-hearted and that we do love our neighbours and are free of enmity towards others. But…

Michael Kelly reflects on a notable visit to a “special place of devotion and pilgrimage” in the heart of Jerusalem

“Within the Church people often feel vulnerable and feel forced to hide behind the cloak of anonymity”, writes Editor Michael Kelly

“Elizabeth has achieved a form of ecumenism simply by faithfully adhering to her own Christian faith”, writes Mary Kenny

Government only taking ruling seriously because it adds weight to demands for repeal of the Eighth Amendment, writes David Quinn

In much of Western civilisation, we have arrived at a juncture where questions of the Churches’ identity and political relevance need to be examined and discussed in a serious and fresh way.

Greg Daly 
experiences Lough Derg for himself

The Church needs to stand up for itself more in the media, for the morale of beleaguered Catholics