All the Circumstances and Events of my Life

For many years I in common with lots of other people have…

About the Author: Pat Hanratty

Pat Hanratty taught Science/Chemistry in Tallaght Community School from its inception in 1972 until he retired in 2010. He was the school’s first Transition Year Co-ordinator and for four years he had the role of home School Community Liaison Officer.

Yes, I’d Become Catholic Again

A recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Saxum Holy Land Dialogues led me…

About the Author: Michael Pakaluk

Michael Pakaluk, an Aristotle scholar and Ordinarius of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, is a professor in the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America. He lives in Hyattsville, MD with his wife Catherine, also a professor at the Busch School, and their eight children. His latest book, on the Gospel of Mark, The Memoirs of St Peter, is now available from Regnery Gateway. He is currently at work on a new book on Mary’s voice in the gospel of John.

The Best Practices – and Benefits – of Religious Parenting

Informed by the best practices from social science and the best of…

About the Author: David Dollhite, Loren D. Marks and Hal Boyd

David C. Dollahite, PhD, is Camilla Eyring Kimball Professor of Family Life at Brigham Young University where he teaches classes and conducts research on the nexus of religion and family life. He is Co-Director (with Dr. Loren Marks) of the American Families of Faith Project.

Loren D. Marks is a professor in BYU’s School of Family Life and serves as co-director of the American Families of Faith Research Project.

Hal Boyd is an Associate Professor of Family Life at Brigham Young University and a fellow of the Wheatley Institution.

This article originally appeared in Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute (see: www.thepublicdiscourse.com)  and is reprinted with permission.

A Case for Priestly Celibacy

There is a very bad argument for celibacy which has reared its…

About the Author: Bishop Robert Barron

This article first appeared at: www.wordonfire.org. Bishop Robert Barron is an author, speaker, theologian, and founder of Word on Fire, a global media ministry. This article has been reprinted with the kind permission of the editors.

The collapse of Catholic Ireland

Shortly before Christmas, The Economist, the world’s leading news magazine, published an article…

About the Author: James Bradshaw

James Bradshaw works for an international consulting firm based in Dublin, and has a background in journalism and public policy. Outside of work, he writes for a number of publications, on topics including politics, history, culture, film and literature. 

A sooner rather than later conversion

On December 22nd 2019 the former Anglican Bishop and chaplain to Queen…

About the Author: Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan

Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan is a priest of the diocese of Limerick. He studied for his doctorate in moral theology in the Alfonsianum in Rome 2001-2004 and was appointed chaplain to the Limerick Institute of Technology 2004-2011. He was appointed Parish Priest of Rathkeale , County Limerick in 2011. He was ordained Bishop of Waterford & Lismore in 2015.