This is the full text of the address by Southern Cross editor Günther Simmermacher at the launch of Paddy Kearney’s

Saturday morning, and my cellphone rings. On the other side is an amicable fellow, effusively informing me of the privilege

When the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano recently ran an article praising the Beatles’ 1968 White Album (officially titled simply The

Research shows that 25% of Southern Cross consumers are wondering why the newspaper does not conduct a reader survey. Admittedly,

A diocese in Ireland has banned Céline Dion’s music from funerals, provoking much ire among potentially bereaved Catholics. The decision

Before I took a wrong turn and stumbled into journalism, I worked for some years in the hotel trade as

Pope Benedict’s sartorial stylings have made news recently, in lifestyle magazines and in the Vatican’s newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano. Last year Esquire

Every writer lives in fear. It’s a dread that would make dealing with the taxman followed by an unanaesthetised root