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Fr Stephen Langridge: Go and make disciples

Fr Stephen Langridge

Jesus taught adults and blessed children, but that model has been largely reversed in today's Church, without considering that sacramentalising people without evangelising them might be problematic, says Fr Stephen Langridge. He outlines why initiatives like Alpha can help correct the balance

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Alpha: 'Is there more to life than this?'

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Eamon Martin 26 Sep, 2019

Christians should not stand outside the online world and look in with disapproval but should get involved, argues Archbishop Eamon Martin, who shares a 10 point 'highway code' for travelling through the digital landscape

Fr Dominic McGrattan: Ireland is in the grip of spiritual amnesia

Fr Dominic McGrattan 26 Sep, 2019

The Christian pro-life position is eminently reasonable, argues Fr Dominic McGrattan

Martina Purdy and Elaine Kelly leave convent after being told they can't take final vows

24 Sep, 2019

TWO women who left their high-profile careers to join a convent will not be allowed to take their final vows.

Martina Purdy and Elaine Kelly leave convent of Adoration Sisters

Maeve Connolly 23 Sep, 2019

FORMER BBC political correspondent Martina Purdy and former barrister Elaine Kelly have left their religious congregation in west Belfast.

Rev Brian Anderson: A secure home is the right of all

19 Sep, 2019

Christians have a duty to be at the forefront of care and compassion for the homeless, says the Rev Brian Anderson of the Irish Inter-Church Meeting, which has produced new housing insecurity and homelessness resources

Living with suicide and bereavement

19 Sep, 2019

FOR generations, the oasis of Lough Derg in Co Donegal has been a place of pilgrimage for people seeking God's strength in the face of life's difficulties and light in times of darkness.

Archbishop Eamon Martin: Bringing faith to politics is not an optional extra for a committed Christian

06 Sep, 2019

Bringing faith to politics and the public square is not an optional extra for a committed Christian, says Dr Eamon Martin

Rev Norman Hamilton: Accountability and integrity have been set aside in public life

Norman Hamilton 05 Sep, 2019

Instead of a political nervous breakdown completely destroying faith in our politics, a return to the basic standards of public life would go a long way to rebuilding trust, argues the Rev Dr Norman Hamilton

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