Abortion, autonomy and rights

One often hears those in favour of repealing the 8th Amendment appealing…

About the Author: Fr Kevin E. O’Reilly

Fr Kevin E. O’Reilly, is a member of the Irish Province of the Order of Preachers. He is the author of Aesthetic Perception: A Thomistic Perspective and The Hermeneutics of Knowing and Willing in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. He currently teaches moral theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome.

Me? A Catholic?

This is the text of a talk to Sixth Year students on…

About the Author: Andrew Larkin

Andrew Larkin is a teacher, musician and music critic based in Dublin. He is also a director of Family Enrichment Ireland. Next month we will include the second part of this talk where Andrew deals at some length with marriage and also gives an insight on the Sacrament of the Sick.

History’s greatest event

We know directly from Saint Paul that Greek philosophers thought the Resurrection…

About the Author: Rev. George William Rutler

Father Rutler is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York. He has made documentary films in the United States and England, contributes to numerous scholarly and popular journals and has published twenty-one books on theology, history, cultural issues, and the lives of the saints. This article first appeared on “Fr. Rutler’s Weekly Column” and is published here with the kind permission of the author.

Then and now

Last February in the Irish Times, under the heading ‘we have come…

About the Author: Tim O’Sullivan

Tim O’Sullivan has degrees in arts and social policy and taught healthcare policy at third level. He is a regular contributor to Position Papers.

Women in the Catholic Church

Recent comments accusing the Catholic Church of being “a virus of misogyny”…

About the Author: Catherine Kavanagh

Catherine Kavanagh is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Mary Immaculate College. She has held the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship in Early Medieval Thought in the School of Classics, UCD and worked at the Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino, Florence. She has served a term as President of the Irish Philosophical Society. She has held the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship in Humanities at the School of Classics, UCD.

The Catholic Church: An Empire of Misogyny?

Former Irish President Mary McAleese recently excoriated the Catholic Church as an…

About the Author: Mary Lewis

Mary Lewis qualified as a barrister in 1988, followed by a Masters in Law. She initially worked in the public sector and subsequently in private practice for 14 years, before taking a career break to look after her family. She is a qualified mediator and currently studies theology at the School of Annunciation, having recently achieved a diploma in the New Evangelization.