Michael KellyUnless Christ is born and reborn in the cradle of our heart, the nativity narrative remains little more than a beautiful story, writes Michael Kelly
Category: Editorials
Why some people just don’t get Pope Francis
The weekly news magazine Time was forced into an embarrassing clarification this week. By the time you read this, the magazine – which circulates more than 3 million copies per week – will have announced their ‘Person of the Year’. Among the short-listed candidates was, unsurprisingly, Pope Francis. Now, few could argue that since his…
Francis wants to shake the Church out of complacency
Michael Kelly examines the Pope’s ‘roadmap to reform’, Evangelii Gaudium
The Pope, Medjugorje and messages from heaven
The issue of Medjugorje can be a divisive one within the Church, writes Michael Kelly
Challenge to re-engage young adults in faith
I had occasion to be in radio studios over the weekend with Oireachtas members from Fianna Fáil, the Labour party and Sinn Féin. One of the subjects was a poll conducted by the Sunday Independent and Today FM on the attitudes of Irish people in their 30s towards morality in general and religion in particular.…
From Facebook to page one of The Sunday Times
Mark Twain, the famed American author once said “Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story, unless you can’t think of anything better”. The thought struck me when I read a report in the Irish edition of The Sunday Times at the weekend with the headline ‘Trinity woman tipped as cardinal’.…
Review of Murphy Report makes for interesting reading
A new review of the 2009 Murphy Report in to the handling of abuse allegations in the Dublin archdiocese has criticised alleged failings in Judge Yvonne Murphy’s approach. It makes for fascinating and often illuminating reading. Let’s be clear: the Murphy Report offers a devastating insight into a corrupt culture in the Church that often…
The anniversary of a Papal condemnation of Nazis
Michael Kelly reflects on Pius XII’s 1939 Summi Pontificatus
TDs, Communion and the Church
Does the Derek Keating case raise questions about faith formation?
Time for Government to get serious about child protection
The Government needs to get serious about child protection, writes Michael Kelly