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Building a future in Rome
Building a future in RomeJoanna Moorhead reports from Rome on how 12 Syrians were plucked from a Greek refugee camp by Pope Francis in April and have settled in the Eternal CityPope Francis posing with...
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Debunking anti-Catholic myths
Debunking anti-Catholic mythsbyGreg DalySeptember 22, 2016Greg Daly examines an unlikely defence of Church historyRodney StarkNobody expects the Spanish Inquisition to be heroes in any debate about...
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Bishop Fintan: Ready to meet new challenges
Bishop Fintan: Ready to meet new challengesbyGreg DalySeptember 29, 2016Greg Daly talks to Bishop Fintan MonahanBishop Fintan Manahan with his sister Catríona Coll and brother Seán.Even now, nearly two...
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Unique All Hallows
Unique All HallowsOn May 27, 2014, when All Hallows College in Drumcondra, Dublin announced plans to wind down its operations, there was a huge public and media reaction to the news. The college...
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What future for faith in modern Ireland?
What future for faith in modern Ireland?What faith has to offer society is much more important than the challenges being experienced by Catholicism, writes Francis CampbellFrancis CampbellAs we...
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Missions in a Merciful Year
Missions in a Merciful YearThe Extraordinary Year of Mercy is a fitting backdrop for this year’s World Mission Sunday, Pope Francis said in his message for the day, explaining how the Jubilee year...
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A missed opportunity to tell an intriguing tale
A missed opportunity to tell an intriguing taleA new drama on the papacy is more ignorant than anti-Catholics, writes Charles CollinsCharles Collins“I just barely got started with God.” One would hope...
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A fire lit by a scrupulous friar
A fire lit by a scrupulous friarSalvador Ryan examines the origins of the Lutheran ReformationMartin Luther*/ Salvador Ryan Last week, Pope Francis was in Lund, Sweden, as part of a joint commemoration...
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What a papal visit to Ireland might look like
What a papal visit to Ireland might look likebyMichael KellyDecember 1, 2016The Pope’s 2018 trip will be nothing like 1979, but that’s no bad thing, writes Michael Kelly Few people who witnessed the...
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‘The peace process has liberated me and allowed me to let go of bitterness’
‘The peace process has liberated me and allowed me to let go of bitterness’byMartin O’BrienDecember 22, 2016Jeffery Donaldson – one of the North’s most prominent unionists – tells Martin O’Brien about...
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What lies beneath
What lies beneathbyPaul KeenanDecember 29, 2016Modern Dublin sits on a rich seam of Church history, writes Paul KeenanLike generals plotting a campaign, The Irish Catholic and Dr Maurice Curtis pore...
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Charting the future of Irish Catholicism
Charting the future of Irish CatholicismbyArchbishop Eamon Martin January 12, 2017Irish bishops travel to meet Pope Francis filled with hope and realism, writes Archbishop Eamon MartinPope Francis...
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7 positive habits for Lent
7 positive habits for LentFr John McCarthy offers suggestions for practical things we can do this LentFr John McCarthyIn a recent Sunday Gospel Jesus tells us: “You are the light of the world.” The...
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‘I carry Ireland in my heart’
‘I carry Ireland in my heart’byMags GarganApril 6, 2017On the eve of his departure, Archbishop Charles Brown sat down with Mags Gargan to reflect on his time as Papal Nuncio to IrelandArchbishop...
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A shining star in a Dutch constellation
A shining star in a Dutch constellationbyGreg DalyJuly 6, 2017Johannes Vermeer may have been the greatest Dutch artist of his time, but he did not paint in a vacuum, writes Greg DalyWoman Writing a...
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Church-run clinics fight suffering as drought ravages Kenya
Church-run clinics fight suffering as drought ravages KenyabyChai BradyJuly 13, 2017Families forced to choose between starvation and deadly slums, writes Chai BradyBaby Lokunyuk Lonyala stops crying to...
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Maynooth: ready for a vocations reboot?
Maynooth: ready for a vocations reboot?byGreg DalyAugust 24, 2017Seminary numbers are stubbornly low, but signs are that the Church is trying to breathe new life into the national seminary, writes Greg...
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Vulnerable women easy prey for sex-traffickers
Vulnerable women easy prey for sex-traffickersbyChai BradyAugust 31, 2017Women in prostitution generally come from harsh, exploitative backgrounds, writes Chai BradyWomen who have been trafficked and...
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Who are the Orthodox?
Who are the Orthodox?byChai BradySeptember 7, 2017With Orthodoxy fast on the rise in Ireland, Chai Brady investigatesPope Tawadros II of Alexandria, patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church.The fastest...
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Mission is a constant call to the peripheries – Pope Francis
Mission is a constant call to the peripheries – Pope FrancisPope Francis has given his approval for an extraordinary ‘month of mission’ in 2019 to reinvigorate and renew the missionary spirit and...
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