Twin Reeks: Frank McNally on a new, virtual reality Croagh Patrick and the real (but changing) thing
Preparing to climb the old-fashioned way, I am reminded that the modern Reek Sunday is nothing like it was 25 or 30 years ago
Religion & Beliefs
‘The United States is still an experiment,’ says descendant of signatory of Declaration of Independence
David McKean’s ancestor Thomas McKean was one of eight signatories of Irish descent to sign the document
Ultra-Orthodox Jews block traffic with anti-draft protests
Campaign by the community against conscription has intensified since ‘draft dodgers’ were handed over to the military police
An Irish Catholic may be defined in the future as the son or daughter of someone from Manila or Lagos
Rite & Reason: A recent report found that 18 per cent of the Republic’s Catholics were born elsewhere. Far from their threatening the old culture, as xenophobes so often suggest, they are keeping it alive
Imagine a world where saints roam free, among us, on the bus or in TK Maxx
To acknowledge the idea of a saint is to acknowledge the question: what does it mean to be a good person?
Pope Leo’s encyclical on AI is a striking manifesto of Christian humanism
Rite and Reason: Magnifica Humanitas considers what it might mean to safeguard the best parts of being human in the time of artificial intelligence
I’m a school principal. I find it unsettling what First Holy Communion has become
If you ask about the religious aspect of the day then it is often brushed off as naive or beside the point
‘We cannot allow hatred to win’ – seventh annual Eid celebration proceeds at Croke Park
Warmly welcomed former taoiseach Bertie Ahern wishes Muslims `Eid Mubarak’ at ceremony
Presbyterian Church is celebrating 100 years of women in leadership
Rite & Reason: In 1926, the Presbyterian General Assembly decided that ‘women shall be eligible ... as ruling elders on the same conditions as men’
Róisín Ingle: I don’t believe in God. Though lately, quietly, I sometimes wish I did
Róisín Ingle: It feels as though lately, the God so many other people believe in keeps trying to get my attention
Student teachers will be taught to deliver ethical education under new framework
Programme to be delivered in multi-denominational primary schools as survey finds growing desire for non-religious run schools
Ordaining women will strengthen the Church, not diminish it
No convincing biblical impediment to their ordination, either
Growing up a communist in Troubles-era Belfast: We were treated more like ‘comrades’ than children
Poet Sinéad Morrissey’s elegiac memoir describes growing up in Troubles-era Belfast with communist parents
Why are religious schools seen as divisive but Irish-language schools are not?
There is a strange double standard about religion in schools as opposed to other areas of learning
‘I have yet to tell my father’: New Catholics on converting to the church this Easter
Mario Durán Domínguez and Joy Adedokun are among 129 people of mostly foreign backgrounds who are joining the church in Dublin this year
Crosswords & Puzzles
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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