The Church’s unity comes from the undivided Trinity, writes Cathal Barry
Category: Opinion
God’s love fills in where human love is absent
Eternity has more kinds of rooms than this world does. This is a thought inside the head of Marilynne Robinson’s fictional character, Lila, in Robinson’s recent novel. Lila has reason to think that way, that is, to think outside the box of conventional religious piety because her story is not one that fits piety of…
Measuring the ‘Francis effect’ on vocations
We shouldn’t overburden Pope Francis with unrealistic expectations
Cardinal Dolan’s ‘profoundly ignorant’ take on Irish history
At no point did the IRA ever claim solace from any version of Catholicism.
National media badly needs young readers
A pleasant young man was handing out leaflets last Sunday, outside St Teresa’s Church in Clarendon Street, Dublin, calling on people to ‘Stand Against Media Bias’ at a protest outside Dáil Éireann this week. The slogan is “33 to 1” – because, in the space of a recent fortnight, 33 articles appeared in the national…
Francis is a truly radical Pope
Pope Francis wants us to return to the very roots of our Faith, writes Breda O’Brien
Our Pope of surprises
The spontaneous trust in the process of electing Pope Francis was moving, writes Michael Kelly
A Pontiff of different priorities
Pope Francis challenges each one of us to cast away our fear, writes Nuala O’Loan
Less doctrinal emphasis does not equate to radical change
It’s clear Pope Francis wants the teachings of the Church applied with mercy, writes David Quinn
Elections may bring instability
Martin Mansergh, The View

Cathal Barry
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Michael Kelly
Mary Kenny
Breda O'Brien
Nuala O’Loan
David Quinn
Dr Martin Mansergh