Religion & Beliefs
‘People don’t care that much’: Frustrated sighs audible as students asked the ‘British or Irish’ question
Lagan College opened during the dark days of the Troubles as Catholic and Protestant parents wanted their children to learn together
Why are people in their late 20s and 30s so disillusioned with religion?
One in four would be happy to see the Catholic Church vanish from society – but it’s 25- to 34-year-olds, not 18- to 24-year-olds, who are the most disenchanted
Manchán Magan: The deeper you dive into Icelandic culture, the more of Ireland you find
Why is there so little talk of Ireland’s role in the foundation of Iceland? If we in Ireland have distant cousins living just below the Arctic Circle, shouldn’t we spend some time getting to know them?
Abortion: A History by Mary Fissell – Stories of reproductive autonomy and control
An empathic attempt to understand the women who sought abortions, and those who assisted them
Irish Times readers on the Catholic Church: ‘I am very proud to be a Roman Catholic in Ireland today’
As the conclave to choose the next pope begins, our readers share their views
Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin: Inventive exploration of identity, faith and family
Provocative, largely beautifully written debut novel somewhat marred by a dispensable final chapter
Fiction in translation: Figures in a landscape
Frank Wynne reviews Our City That Year, by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell; The Book of Sana’a: A City in Short Fiction, edited by Laura Kasinof; and The Accidentals by Guadelupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey
After the death of popular Pope Francis, what now for Christianity?
In Europe, after centuries of dominance, Christianity appears to be in retreat
I had to tell my mother that her father had been tortured for 11 days and murdered
Everyone who encounters the Holocaust becomes implicated, a new witness to the mystery and the horror, with the responsibility to recount its history honestly
Christopher Hill: The Life of a Radical Historian by Michael Braddick – A sometimes dry but sensitive account of Hill’s political developments
This new biography represents a robust synthesis of the life and ideas of one of Britain’s finest historians
Theodore McCarrick, disgraced cardinal defrocked over sexual abuse, dies at 94
Former Vatican troubleshooter and archbishop of Washington was expelled from priesthood by Pope Francis
How does a Buddhist respond in a world where might is right?
Rite & Reason: To sit down and meditate or kneel down and pray is possibly the most radical option we have. Finding silence and stillness reminds us that compassion is the only reasonable response
An Irishman abroad: ‘I’ve meditated in Bosnian mosques, Thai temples and Ukrainian Orthodox churches’
Peter Flanagan: 'Reminding us to breathe at our desks should not be a workplace perk'
Three things we give up when we turn away from Catholicism
Unthinkable: Asking whether we have lost something from our lapsed Catholicism is not about rushing back to the past. It’s about facing the future with greater self-awareness
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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