Derry Bishops' joint walks to promote shared Columban heritage - Belfast’s oldest Catholic Church to close for three weeks - Be part of Streetreach 2017 - Lecture on historical Presbyterian heresy trial - Lay-led prayer trials in Limerick - Songs of Praise in Dublin this Sunday - Does the Church in Wales have a future? 'Absolutely', says senior bishop - Youth Ministry Co–ordinator wanted - Mothers' Union: resist weakening resolve in fight for women's empowerment - Today in Christian History. Click here - CNI -News April 27
Last month’s blog was based on a most interesting conversation with the widely-read unionist commentator Alex Kane, in which he estimated that there were now 150,000 ‘soft’ unionists who were persuadable of the merits of Irish unity,and that he expected to see this outcome in his lifetime, Andy Pollak writes on his 2 Irelands blog. Click here - CNI -Press Watch Ap 27
Dublin hospital arrangements, Northern election and budget cuts blame game dominate Irish news + plus GB and international news leads. Click here - CNI -Media Review Ap26
Pope Francis is visiting Egypt as ‘messenger of peace’ - Royal Irish enhance their chapel in Belfast Cathedral - Final Parish Service Held in St George and St Thomas’s Dublin - Ebay recovery of valuable memento of Fermanagh parish history - Rector Appointed to Kill O’ the Grange Parish - Quality of preaching is key factor in church attendance, major new US poll - Portsmouth Catholic diocese launches its own app - Today in Christian History. Click here - CNI -News April 26
We should all concentrate on making Northern Ireland a warm house for everyone because we're going to be sharing it for a long time to come, writes Graham Gudgin in The Belfast Telegraph. Click here - CNI -Press Watch Ap 26
School admission and baptism and Abortion debate dominates south of the border, in the north election pacts, Brexit and projected budget cuts in education. Comprehensive coverage from Ireland and GB media. Click here - CNI -Media April 25
Four nuns form band at University and its called Force of Habit - NI march marks Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day - Hundreds attend dedication of new Presbyterian church in Moira - Day of Prayer in Ballyrashane for South Sudan on Saturday - Archbishop of Armagh Visits Chaplains at HMP Maghaberry - C of I ‘Apologetic for Mission’ - Mary, 'Queen of the May' art work and altars in Derry - Handel’s Messiah at St John’s Sandymount - Wartburg Choir in Belfast Cathedral - Brian Kennedy & The Pro Bono Choir in concert for Homeless - Today in Christian History. Click here - CNI -News Ap 25
A show of sorts might continue, but Theresa May’s snap election has effectively wrecked talks about putting Stormont back together, Writes Fionnuala O’Connor in The Irish News. Click here - CNI -Press watch Ap25
Dissident bomb at Belfast Catholic school, Northern election, fallout from Citizen's Assembly vote on abortion and other news from Irish and GB sources. Click here - CNI -Media Ap 24
Archbishop Clarke chairs key Task Group on future of Anglican Communion - Put evangelism at heart of ministry, urges Senior Welsh Bishop - Milestone for last surviving Irish Presbyterian World War 2 minister - US bishops host major conference on gun violence - Churches Together new website for Election 2017 - Annual Derry Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes - Connor clerical appointment - Today in Christian History. Click here - CNI -News Ap 24
CNI PRESS WATCH – As Sinn Fein’s true agenda emerges, RHI vanishes into Irish mist just like Shergar
Every couple of days, another new Press release arrives from Sinn Fein HQ, condemning its opponents for not managing so far to magically restore the Stormont Assembly which the republican party's own leaders deliberately brought crashing down, like Samson chained between the pillars of the Philistine temple, writes Eilis O'Hanlon in the Belfast Telegraph. Click here - CNI -PW Ap23
News from Ireland, GB and global sources. Click here - CNI -Media Ap 23
An overview of church related events. Click here - CNI -Dairy Ap23
Pope Francis to appoint seven new Irish bishops in coming months - Clontarf Parish Thousandaire quiz has nine €1000 prizes - Well known journalist to be diocesan press officer - Closing Service of the Church of St George and St Thomas, Dublin - Services by Divine Healing Ministries re-start - Visit by Presbyterian Historical Society to Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich - Handel’s Messiah at St John’s Sandymount - Just Living in a Post-truth Society - Audrey Assad live in concert - Irish bishop signals openness to women priests - The World's Poor Are Not A Political Football, Rowan Williams - Today in Christian History, April 22 & 23. Click here - CNI -News April 22
Catholic leaders need to encourage young people in the community to seriously consider policing, PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton tells Martin O’Brien of The Irish Catholic. Click here - CNI -Press Watch Ap22
Click here for todays news - Irish, UK and global - CNI -Media review Ap 21
Belfast Cathedral’s Indoor Easter Egg Hunt is major success - Derry group prepares for World Meeting of Families - Cork C of I honours Olympic hockey player - CMS Missionaries complete 28 year Sorani language Bible translation project - US Church welcomes thousands of new Catholics at Easter Vigil - Churchgoing Scots plummeting - Catholic school 'purged' records of 'blasphemous' Billy Connolly - Canadian church celebrates Easter by hiring helicopter to drop 45,000 chocolate eggs - Today in Church History. Click here - CNI -NEWS AP 21
News from Ireland, GB and global sources. Click here - CNI -Media Ap20
Rock The Frock unique wedding fair in Belfast Cathedral - Mass of Hope for Belfast’s homeless community - Dublin parish to host diocesan Messy Church - Bishop’s shock at desecration of Longford Church - Archbishop Eamon Martin to launch HOPE camp in Limavady - Church of Scotland takes a fresh look at pilgrimage - Today in Church History. Click here - CNI -April 20
This week saw the final episode of the 'final chapter' of ITV's thrilling crime drama Broadchurch, Joseph Hartropp writes in Christian Today. Click here - CNI -Press Ap20
News from Ireland, GB and global sources. Click here - CNI -Media Ap19
Gay marriage proposal to be debated by Kirk Assembly - Deacon from Clogher ordained in Rome - Fields of Life East Africa benefit concert in Comber - Seminar on equality law and Christian ethos - Leaders focus on Faith in our families - Wanted in Holywood: Organist and Choir Director And Contemporary Worship Leader/s - Vatican stamp marks Benedict XVI’s 90th birthday - ‘Grow and bear fruit’ theme for Presbyterian Women’s Annual Meeting - Today in Church History. Click here - CNI -News April 19
Irish born Church of England Orangeman who championed gay rights and religious integration - The Irish Times. Click here - CNI -Richmond obit
SF leader hasn’t guts to tell followers the truth, unlike the Irish-speaking Orangeman, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards in the Belfast Telegraph. Click here - CNI -PE Edwards
News from Irish and GB resources with links. Click here - CNI -Media April 18
Dromore’s Food For the Soul project wins £49K funding in the People’s Project - Mayor Takes Part in Good Friday Walk of Witness in Londonderry - Scotland remembers the Battle of Arras - WCC shares concern over escalating tensions on Korean peninsula - Derry Flower Festivals - Stainer’s Crucifixion appeals in Cork - BBC Choral Evensong from Dallas - Today in Church History. Click here - CNI -News Ap18
Five hundred years after Luther’s break from Catholicism, Christians are more united than ever, writes Charles Moore in The Daily Telegraph. Click here - CNI -Press Ap18
News from Ireland, GB and global sources. Click here - CNI -Media Ap17
Derry parishioners build traditional boat to sail on St Columba’s Day - Good Friday Walk of Witness in Dublin - Defiant but damaged Copts mark Good Friday - The possibilities for rural Ireland are boundless, Maynooth head of pastoral studies - Appointment to Knocknamuckley - Service of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide - Mission to Seafarers Belfast Spring Auction - Thousands taking part in National Pilgrim Paths Week - Resurrection is about transformation says Archbishop Jackson - Armagh’s Charles Wood Festival of Music and Summer School - Today in Church History. Click here - CNI -News Apri 17