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Racism and intolerance are ‘dangerous explosives’ – Diarmuid Martin
- Religion & Beliefs
- January 1, 2020, 11:00
Racism and intolerance “are dangerous explosives that we only play around with at our own peril”, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has sa(...)

The Catholic Church and the Northern Ireland Troubles: A seminal book
- Books
- December 24, 2019, 06:00
A viciously brilliant lampoon by the infamous Cummings from The Sunday Express of May 31st, 1981, which adorns the cover of this riveting and seminal (...)

The contraceptive pill: is the one-week break a relic of the past?
- Health & Family
- November 4, 2019, 06:01
For something so opposed by the Catholic Church, the oral contraceptive pill has had a number of unusual religious associations. In the early days of(...)

How the Troubles began: a timeline
- Irish News
- August 15, 2019
How the Troubles broke out. February 1967: The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) is founded as a non-sectarian organisation to tackle(...)

Serious dialogue: How different churches can enrich one another
- Opinion
- August 13, 2019, 01:00
The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC), along with many other bilateral theological dialogues, is a fruit of the Second Vatican (...)

Romero’s example should encourage Catholics to cherish all life
- Opinion
- October 20, 2018, 05:00
In an era when fake news is everywhere and three journalists have been murdered in the EU within the past year, it is worth pondering that the recentl(...)

Doctors remain central protagonists in State’s reproductive health history
- Health & Family
- October 16, 2018, 17:01
The Redemptorist “How many children have you?” asked The big Redemptorist. “Six, Father.” “The last, When was it born?” “Ten months ago.” “I cannot a(...)

Salvadoran bishop Romero and pope Paul VI become saints
- Europe
- October 14, 2018
Pope Francis on Sunday made saints of two of the most contentious Roman Catholic figures of the 20th century - murdered Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Ro(...)

Was St Padre Pio an incarnation of Jesus or a fraud?
- Opinion
- September 18, 2018, 01:00
Padre Pio, priest, stigmatist, mystic and one of the world’s most popular saints, will be dead 50 years on Sunday, September 23rd. He has inspired ext(...)

Pope Francis to visit the Dublin street where John Paul failed to stop
- Religion & Beliefs
- August 12, 2018, 18:08
Pope Francis is to visit Seán McDermott Street in Dublin’s city centre briefly on Saturday, August 25th. During his 1979 visit to Ireland, Pope John (...)