Today millions around the world celebrate the feast of one of the Church’s greatest sons, the “Apostle of Ireland” St. Patrick. The revelry that so characterizes the day is rooted more in cultural pride than […]
“They called out as it were with one voice: ‘We beg you, holy boy, to come and walk again among us.’ This touched my heart deeply, and I could not read any further; I woke […]
The eyes of the world will once again be drawn to the painful reality of clerical crimes when Vatican Summit on the Protection of Minors meets this week in Rome. The damage such crimes have […]
“We as a Church need to restore our confidence that we have a message which is solid. Our house is built on rock,” Archbishop Eamon Martin, president of Irish bishops’ conference says, noting: “If we […]
Ireland has been a post-Christian society for decades. It times to take bold steps in order to turn things around in Irish Catholicism. […]
There is some comfort to be had in the fact that, appearances aside, things really have always been so, that the project we call Western […]
Today, it is clear that Ireland does not have the political or media outlets to oppose the liberal agenda currently unleashed on the Irish people. […]
In a global village and a global Church where ethnic identities are dissolving, cultural Catholicism is also disintegrating. […]
If Ireland votes to legalize abortion on Friday, this would be a defeat not only for the Irish pro-life movement, but also for pro-lifers across […]
Editor Conor O’Riordan has compiled a candid and often challenging collection of essays, which attempts to bring together arguments from both sides of the debate. […]
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