Rite & Reason: Callers to Dublin Rape Crisis Centre’s helpline often just want to verbalise their abuse once and will never call again. People like Kathleen Correia offer them great inspiration
The pilgrim walk is famous and cargoed with expectation. Ultimately it might help us find meaning within ourselves
The Rev Harold Good’s memoir illuminates the role of religious commitment in limiting conflict
Christianity has been around for some time and will weather this particular trend cycle, no matter Russell Brand’s risible public display. And these online Christian gurus will find a new cause celebre
Rite & Reason: This month, 368 delegates from around the world are gathering in Rome for the second session of the Catholic Church’s Synod on Synodality
Diarmaid MacCulloch’s ambitious book looks at celibacy, marriage, homosexuality and trans issues from the perspective that there is no single consistent view of these in the Bible, Patsy McGarry writes
David McGowan draws on his experience as a small-town funeral director to offer warm insight into the ceremonies around bereavement
Rite & Reason: Melody and lyrics come to the musician in mysterious ways. And sometimes the humble pie of criticism can fuel great artistic triumph
Unthinkable: The ‘evil twin’ of the placebo effect could shed light on why people say consuming the news makes them feel worse
Rite & Reason: If our personal potential is not realised on earth surely it doesn’t disappear at death but becomes realisable in our next level of existence
Tyndall contended there was no point in the history of the cosmos when ‘creative acts’ of a ‘deity’ were required
They claim to applaud the principles of Christianity while professing none of its faith
Rather than abstain from a dispute or race to support one or other side, we can draw on wisdom that teaches us even fierce disagreements can be resolved if the element of community is introduced
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
