Kevin Hegarty pays tribute to tragic fiancée Majella Donoghue, who died after taking ill on a flight from South Africa
Second Reading
Remembering a patriot
Fifty years after Seán Lemass announced his resignation as Taoiseach, Kevin Hegarty looks back at the politician’s career
Reassessing the role of women in the Catholic Church
Fr Kevin Hegarty sees signs of hope for the equality of women in all aspects of Church life
Judgement is a destructive force
“We often limit others by our attitude to them,” writes Kevin Hegarty
Independent investigation needed at Maynooth
Fr Kevin Hegarty on Diarmuid Martin’s decision to send student priests to Rome rather than Maynooth, and the need for a proper investigation
Robinson Centre critics know price of everything and value of nothing
The proposed Mary Robinson Centre in Ballina ‘is neither a ‘mausoleum’ or a vanity project’, writes Kevin Hegarty
Church leaders must address injustices in the institution they represent
Fr Kevin Hegarty on how church leaders cannot speak on justice until they address such issues in their own church
The colourful life of Brendan Bracken
OPINION Fr Kevin Hegarty on Brendan Bracken, the Irish childhood tear-away who blagged his way to the top of British politics
Time for Catholic Church to act on pastoral crisis
In the face of the ever-declining number of priests, the Catholic Church must adapt or fail, writes Kevin Hegarty
Association of Catholic Priests and the Papal Nuncio
Archbishop Charles John Brown has refused to meet the leaders of the ACP, though it represents over a third of Irish priests
Documenting members of the priesthood who served in the Diocese of Killala
Fr Kevin Hegarty speaks about a new book, Telling The Story, about priests who served or are from the Diocese of Killala