Irish Papist

Listening to a homily this morning I found myself thinking of the uniqueness of the Bible and of Biblical exegesis compared to any other sor...

We all know that Catholicism is counter-cultural in today's Ireland. We know that our political elites have pushed through a social agen...

I grew up in a three-bedroomed flat in Ballymun and it was always crowded. I didn't have my own bed until I was a teenager. This environ...

In October of last year, I wrote a blog post with the title " To Live Overflowingly ", in which I expressed a desire to live a lif...

Today is the third anniversary of my father's death. I posted this about him last year on Facebook (and shared it again this year). Toda...

I often watch the videos of the Canadian Catholic YouTuber Brian Holdsworth. I've been a fan for a good few years, but recently I've...

I'm reading Elected Silence by Thomas Merton, which was (bizarrely) the title initially used in the UK for his autobiography, better kno...