Breda O’Brien: Our bodies are who we are. Respect them
Dignity and soul are innate to physicality be that frail, healthy, desirable or otherwise
Is there a God? Why is there something instead of nothing? This article explains it all
Unthinkable: No of course it doesn't, but it does try to address life’s ultimate questions
Why the State had such a big problem with unmarried mothers
Extra-marital sex was a threat to our self-perceived identity of moral superiority
Rome may have done me a favour by removing me from priestly ministry
Fr Tony Flannery: For the first time in my adult life I could question rigid doctrine in a way I never had
How cooler heads could have avoided the ‘Galileo affair’
Conventional account ignores gaps in scientist’s evidence to Catholic Church inquisition
Brendan Howlin clashes with ex-Ictu boss Begg over referendum
David Begg said he ‘cannot in conscience vote to repeal’
Unequal treatment of women the greatest challenge for the Catholic Church
It is hard to point to anything Archbishop Martin has done to change the church’s attitude to women
A surprising thing happened. I found myself agreeing with a priest
Laura Kennedy: Fr O’Donnell suggests Catholics substitute ‘nativity’ for ‘Christmas’, to reflect how we now think of the season
Obituary: Cardinal Desmond Connell
Surprise appointment to Archbishopric of Dublin who headed it during difficult time
Unthinkable: The Islamic thinker who ‘proved’ God exists
Medieval philosophers don’t get much attention these days but Avicenna deserves it, says Prof Peter Adamson
Irish Jesuits to dispose of rare book collection worth €2m
National Library given some important Irish items but remainder will be sold by Sotheby’s
Rite&Reason: The ‘altruistic evil’ of 1916 Rising
Retrospective public consent in 1918 election provides only limited justification
Breda O’Brien: British bombing of Syria does not meet test for a ‘just war’
Can you really say that air strikes on fighters dispersed among a civilian population fulfil the criteria of proportionate force and protection of civilians?
Flannery O’Connor was ‘possibly the most theologically alert writer of the 20th century’
Opinion: She felt a strong solidarity and compassion for searching unbelievers
New age rubbish posing as an accessible alternative to old-school religion
Christianity offers intellectual depth and some form of internal consistency
Philippines ferry sinking leaves 13 dead as 690 rescued
Ferry was entering pier area when a cargo vessel on way out collided with it
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