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East Wall community celebrates with a ‘Mass on the Grass’
East Wall community celebrates with a ‘Mass on the Grass’Photo: Cormac O’ConnellDublin’s East Wall parish of St Laurence O’Toole celebrated its community spirit and life last weekend with its annual...
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When a priest fathers a child
When a priest fathers a childAll parents, regardless of who they are, have a duty to make themselves known to their child and support them, writes Tom FineganTom FineganThe phenomenon of a priest...
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The cup may not ‘floweth over’ but the well isn’t running dry
The cup may not ‘floweth over’ but the well isn’t running drybySusan GatelySeptember 22, 2016Faith communities will be and are the source of vocations, writes Susan GatelySome of the 90 pilgrms who...
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Pilgrims of peace in the Holy Land
Pilgrims of peace in the Holy LandbyMichael KellySeptember 22, 2016Irish Catholics walked in the footsteps of Christ in prayerful solidarity, writes Michael KellySome of the 175 pilgrims at the...
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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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Belfast celebrates Faith and Life
Belfast celebrates Faith and LifeBishop Treanor with just some of the young people who attended the convention.More than 500 people attended Down and Connor’s third annual Faith and Life Convention on...
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Celebrating 175 years of Loreto missions – opening doors of hope
Celebrating 175 years of Loreto missions – opening doors of hopeChildren celebrate 25 years of Loreto in Lolay, India.The year is 1841, the date, August 23. On the pier in Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire)...
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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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See the face of God and live…
See the face of God and live…byGreg DalyOctober 6, 2016Greg Daly learns how one Dublin parish is marking the Jubilee year with a special exhibition devoted to the face of ChristThe Holy Face,...
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Render unto Caesar...
Render unto Caesar...bySusan GatelyOctober 6, 2016Ahead of a much-anticipated budget, Susan Gately looks at taxation from a Catholic point of viewFinance Minister Michael Noonan has being doing his...
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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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PLC optimistic over latest abortion poll
PLC optimistic over latest abortion pollVolunteer Miriam Beattie receiving the award for PLC Person of the Year from Eilis Mulroy of the Pro-Life Campaign.John ReidThe Pro-Life Campaign (PLC) has...
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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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