On this day, may we consider together just what sort of gift we ask for when we pray in the language of the Anglican Collect for “new and contrite hearts.” Just what sort of hearts does God want us to have? Click here - CNI -Faith Focus Mar 1
Pope wants to make trip to South Sudan with Anglican leader - Pope: Catholics and Anglicans, brothers and sisters in Christ - Donegal Church reopens after lightning strike - Jewish graves reconsecrated after Belfast hate attack - Stained glass window panels dedicated in Ballymacash - Applications invited for organ scholarships - Scripture Union Ireland to launch their first ever film series - News briefs & Upcoming events. Click here - CNI -News Feb 28
Senior former policeman says the IRA covered for rapists and child abusers to prevent Catholics taking to his officers, writes Jim Cusack in the Sunday Independent. Click here - CNI -Press February 28
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NI Election 17: Moderator appeals to clergy and people not to be cynical or pessimistic - Bishops condemn attempted murder of police officer in Londonderry - Spring Issue of SEARCH - Bishop Pat Storey returns to St Augustine's for Mothers' Union Faith in Action Prayer Breakfast - LENT 2017: Call and Response Reflection Programme at Christ Church Dublin - LENT 2017: Drogheda Lenten Lunches major fundraiser for homeless - Parents and former students battle to save Cistercian College Roscrea - Leading gay cleric Jeffrey John narrowly rejected as Bishop In Wales - Modern theological education mustn't lose sight of final goal, warns Canada primate. Click here - CNI -NEWS Feb 27
I am writing this from Rome, where Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi just stepped down as leader of the centre-left Partito Democratico. Italian politics, once again, faces chaos, Liam Halligan writes in The Sunday Telegraph. Click here - CNI -Press W Feb 27
Brexit money an electoral distraction - The basic political and spiritual challenge - A real bishop, Houston McKelvey writes. Click here - CNI -Journal Feb 27
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Andrew Trimble on rugby and faith plus today's leading reports. Click here - CNI -Media Feb 25-1
LENT 2017: Live burial at Willowfield Parish, Belfast - LENT 2017: ‘Drive-thru’ ashes coming to Galway for the start of Lent - Corrymeela Sunday events in Leicester - Visit of Statue of Our Lady of Fatima to St Eugene's Cathedral, Derry - St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Downpatrick - Dublin Catholic youth 10th Faithfest - Black Santa donates 7,000 pounds to alleviate Sudan famine - Harry Clarke’s unique gift to former Archbishop of Dublin - Sending out the 25: Church Of England bishops head to Durham for weekend's evangelism - Football, like life, requires thinking of others, Pope tells Villarreal team. Click here - CNI -News Feb 25
A victory for Marine Le Pen could wipe trillions off asset values and trigger a new global financial crisis, Alister Heath writes in The Daily Telegraph. Click here - CNI -Press Watch Feb 25
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US bishop who was a refugee defends Trump’s travel ban - Bishops condemn attempted murder of police officer in Londonderry - Challenge of tensions in Communion highlighted by Anglican Secretary General in Dublin lecture - Domestic Abuse law in GB to change following Mothers’ Union campaign - Irish Inter-Church Meeting marks passing of former stalwarts - GB and Irish Children’s Ministry Network conference in Dungarvan - Young people gather in Budapest to explore past and future of Kirk - Conference on growth and decline in the Anglican Communion, 1980 to present - News briefs & Upcoming events. Click here - CNI -News Feb 24
Politics is a strange business. One word and one man’s name that were almost entirely unknown a few years ago now look as if they are going to change modern Irish politics and history: they are ‘Brexit’ and ‘Maurice McCabe’ writes Andy Pollak. Click here - CNI -Press Watch Feb 24
Bishops issue 10 questions for NI Catholics to ask political candidates - Thornhill College Derry visits neighbouring C of I parish church - Bishop Poyntz: Friendliness and commitment to God and Gospel a lasting inspiration, Archbishop Jackson - Fermoy churchman’s St Patrick’s Day honour - Mothers’ Union and Anglican women to attend UN on status of women - Be ashamed when tempted to use Church for power struggles, says Pope Francis - News briefs & Upcoming events. Click here - CNI - News Feb 23
Around about 1997-98, a whole twenty years ago, the ambition that helped steer negotiations was a Stormont with fairness built into it; a practical civics class, that in time might bolster the shaky peace with the beginnings of reconciliation, Fionnuala O Connor writes in The Irish News. Click here - CNI -Press Watch Feb 23
Demands on SVP grow as one in twelve Irish people now in ‘consistent poverty’ - Lisburn Parish team work progress in Uganda - New fortnightly podcast from Irish Catholic Bishops - Abortion law reform in Northern Ireland 'unfinished business' - Introduction to centering prayer in Belfast Cathedral - Portstewart’s Knit & Knatter Group effort for Romania - Clogher parish hosts event for sport and faith - News briefs & Upcoming events - Tributes to Cardinal Desmond Connell 1926 - 2017. Click here -
PRESS WATCH – Clock is ticking for Taoiseach as controversy surrounding whistleblowing garda deepens
His days at the helm of the Irish Government are numbered for Enda Kenny, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards in the Belfast Telegraph. Click here - CNI -Press watch Feb 22
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We’ve taken in far too many people and we’re letting them down badly – especially the children, Tove Lifvendahl writing in The Spectator. Click here - CNI -Press Watch Feb 21
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