Behind that Editorial
Our front page editorial headlined “Cover-ups at the top?” (published in the December 25-31 issue) has evoked diverse reactions, as...
Editorials
The Church and Iraq
It is unfortunate that most news reports of Pope John Pauls Urbi et Orbi Christmas and New Years messages did...
What about the victims
It is ironic that the deluge of media revelations of the sex scandal in the Church has failed to put...
The abortion fight
As we observe the feast of the massacre of the Holy Innocents, our minds turn to the deplorable rate of...
Cover-ups at the top?
Catholics will have been dismayed to read news reports which suggest that the cover-up of sexual abuse by priests goes...
Not just one Christmas
Which Christmas are we celebrating this year? In our secularised society, Christmas has long ceased to be mainly the feast...
Lessons from a sad history
This week we are publishing a review of a book, provocatively titled A Moral Reckoning, by the US Jewish historian...
The Church and condoms
After Bishop Kevin Dowling last year called on the Church to reconsider its absolute ban on the use of condoms...
Odds favour criminals
This month has seen the death of the notorious British child killer Myra Hindley, the “Moors murderer” who spent the...
