The Pontiff laid out his priorities last week, writes Francis X. Rocca
Category: Opinion
Decrease in annulments reflects change in attitude to marriage
There is no one single factor for decrease
Introduction of divorce did not affect applications for nullity
The influence of a growing secularism has undoubtedly played a significant role
The real challenge in creativity
Fr Ronald RolheiserWe can bring God into the world by nurturing our own souls
The new sectarianism
David QuinnThere is tolerance for all but religious, writes David Quinn
The UN’s flawed report on the Vatican
Nuala O’LoanThe Church is ill-served by this lack of understanding
Group think has no place in an ethical society
Dear Editor, It is not just pro-life groups but all of us that should be concerned that most of our main political parties reject the notion of allowing for a freedom of conscience in voting on such social issues as abortion. Sinn Féin like others before, lost an opportunity to be seen as a party that…
Religious coinage old and new
No one controls access to God
What Shirley Temple meant
A star of a less cynical age
‘My good name has been demolished’
Breda O'BrienBreda O’Brien reflects on the ‘homophobia’ affair