I believe that the time will come when celibacy becomes optional, writes Nuala O’Loan
Peace remains fragile in the Holy Land
“Most Palestinians live peacefully, as best they can in what is left to them of their homeland, but it gets harder and harder to make a living”, writes Nuala O’Loan As I write this I am sitting close to the shore of the Sea of Galilee, having spent several wonderful, challenging days in the Holy…
Vatican’s abuse commission needs proper funding
“The commission has recognised its duty to create policies with global application, which send very clear messages about what must be done everywhere in the world. We have seen that it is capable of this”, writes Nuala O’Loan Pope Francis established the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, because, he said, “Many painful actions…
The right to life must be a non-negotiable election issue
Certain social values which are not in any way negotiable…truth, freedom, justice and love, writes Nuala O’Loan As you contemplate the election, you may have very mixed feelings. The last ten years have not been great for Ireland. Unemployment rates rose to over 14%. Tens of thousands of people had to leave Ireland to get…
Our Church must accommodate change
“It is in the interpretation of individual situations that there is scope for more generosity and more compassion”, writes Nuala O’Loan One of the things which has impressed itself upon me recently is the extent to which the Church in which I grew up has changed so much. That Church was manifestly different from the…
Living the love of Christmas
“we are made for love… we are made to love”, writes Nuala O’Loan
There is no room for self congratulation in new deal
‘People may have died because their paramilitary killers were allowed to go on killing’, writes Nuala O’Loan
The Church needs to separate decision-making from ordination
Despite Pope Francis’ appreciation of “the feminine genius”, women still have not been granted “a proper place in decision-making in the Church”, writes Nuala O’Loan
We are all challenged to make the world a better place
The corrupt exercise of power is hard to challenge, writes Nuala O’Loan
How we live our faith will affect the extent to which others embrace our beliefs
We need to make time in our busy lives to follow the way of Christ, writes Nuala O’Loan