catholicism

St. Mary’s Church stands at the edge of a forest. A path goes from the wrought iron gate through the old graveyard of leaning headstones and into the pines. Sunlight glitters on the surface of the lake that lies behind the trees; a lake…

There comes a time when every parent faces one of the biggest decisions that they have to make for their kids. They’ve brought them up and so far, what results is a pretty decent version of a human being. They just have to get them through…

On the 24th of April this year, the Central Statistics Office will carry out a census likely to reveal that an overwhelming amount of people in this country consider themselves to be Catholic. This comes almost eleven months after Ireland…

A few weeks ago, HeadStuff Science published an article by Dermot Corbett, who gave up the habit of cigarettes and alcohol to run some marathons. It got us thinking about the science and psychology behind habits, especially the tough ones…

St. Patrick originally came to Ireland to attend SnakeCon, which at that time was the world's leading convention for snakes and fans of snakes. He was ejected from the event for allegedly harassing female attendees. Later, he claimed…