Pastor who said Islam was 'doctrine spawned in hell' is cleared by court - Presbyterian response to Pastor James McConnell Case - Mothers’ Union celebrates 140th anniversary - Irish catholic bishops call for ‘radical culture of peace’ as country prepares to mark Easter Rising centenary - Pádraig Pearse’s overtly Catholic Rising was immoral and anti-democratic - Irish Church leaders’ joint New Year’s Message calls for harmony in remembrance - Home run by C of I evangelical society is focus of child abuse inquiry - ‘With saintly shout and solemn jubilee’, the Royal School of Church Music’s new festival service book - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Who's That With The Bishops? - Contemporary views on 1916 Rising and Battle of the Somme in weekly editions of C of I Paper now on line - RTÉ decision to axe Gloria ‘shame’ - Travel in the light in 2016, Archbishop Jackson - New bishop of Argyll & The Isles has Irish roots - Singing to save Limerick church’s stained glass windows - Church school governor honoured - Clogher sitout - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Diocese of Cork responds to recent flood victims - Catholic bishop commends DUP leader Arlene Foster as exemplary in dealing with the past - Peter Robinson nominated for Tipperary International Peace Award - Derry nun’s Mercy Global Concern booklet is in worldwide demand - Honours list - News links to 12 reports on faith, politics and education
Ellie Goulding is patron of Church Army project - Santa thanks East Belfast Mission’s Cookery Programme volunteers - Be agents of hope, Archbishop Martin of Armagh in New Year’s message - World must overcome 'torrent of misery' to live in peace, Pope Francis - News links to 10 reports on faith, politics and education
A fundamentalist group within the C of I has attacked the recent letter to clergy from C of I bishops. The group states the letter is “a dangerous departure from confessing Anglicanism.”
Church Leaders’ Joint New Year Statement for 2016 - Ian Paisley was rebuked by Douglas Hurd over attack on Bishop Daly - Columba Declaration, time for a rethink, Primus Chillingworth - Contemporary Christianity takes drama approach to 1916 and today - Divine Healing Ministry services start again in Belfast - Wales’ six cathedrals explore vision of future growth - C of E welcomes UK government’s robust guidance on RE - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
A text has been circulated on the internet on the issue of C of I clergy and same-sex marriage. It has been alleged that this is the text of a letter sent by each bishop to his/her diocesan clergy, following discussions within the House of Bishops. In mid-January the C of I is to issue a discussion document and resources on this area, the products of a working party chaired by the Dean of Belfast, Very Rev. John Mann.
Floods are a reminder of the fragility of humanity, Archbishop of York, Dr Sentam - Primus Chillingworth comments on The Columba Declaration and ecumenical relationships in Scotland - Cardinal sought the release of UVF murderer to further cause of peace - Quakers lose prison visitors contract - Church had "deep hostility" to Margaret Thatcher's government, files show - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Young Dubliners to sing for Pope on New Year’s Day - Priest who died on the Titanic could be on path to sainthood - Heavy criticism of Irish government on homelessness and poverty by bishop - News links to 12 reports on faith, politics and education
Prince Charles makes £2,000 donation to St Patrick's Church - Inspirational young churchwoman graduates from university - Hardship has been a common experience last year at home and abroad, Bishop Ken Good - Emphasis on lay visitor training in Armagh C of I diocese - Church at heart of help for homeless, report finds - Pope Francis appeals for help for stranded Cuban migrants - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Latvian resources for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Public urged to donate unwanted Christmas gifts to charity - Childline Ireland received over 1,000 calls and messages from children on Christmas Day - Connor Youth leaders to retreat with Urban Saints - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Bishop helps distribute festive cheer in Dromore - Bishop rejects claim Catholic schools are not diverse - Pope Francis to receive European unity prize - Church leaders Christmas sermons: Armagh, Dublin, Cork, Canterbury and Rome
Black Santa expects to top last year’s total as charity vigil ends - Presbyterian respite home lighting up lives at Christmas - Britain’s Christian values key says David Cameron - ‘World must support persecuted Christians’ says Archbishop Carey - Remembering both the Christian story, and the civilisations it launched - The Church of Scotland and the Church of England reach an historic agreement - Modern Irish poetry in Archbishop of Canterbury’s ecumenical Christmas greeting - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Irish Catholic priest: 1916 Rising was an unjust war - Archbishops’ Christmas message on RTE - Flame of hope from Palestine burns in Monkstown, Connor - Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody donates Belfast gig cash to Northern Ireland charities - Booklet highlights Inter-faith relations in Scotland - Silent Night still the UK’s favourite Christmas carol - Pope Francis warns Vatican: I will reform 'diseased' bureaucracy - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
1916 rebellion ideals should inspire understanding of others' pain, says President of Ireland - How we remember the Easter Rising and the Somme will affect our future, Bishop McKeown - Go to the root of your faith, Archbishop Jackson tells Dublin’s international community - Fr Ray Kelly releases new album for Christmas - St Colman’s at heart of Dunmurry switch on - Commissioning of Down & Dromore MU Diocesan president - Church of Scotland welcomes steps to improve end of life care - Links to news reports on faith, politics and education
President praised for official card showing Virgin Mary breastfeeding the infant Jesus - Snow Patrol trio to sing at Bangor Abbey for local charities - Advent Lantern festival marks end of Broughshane parish’s anniversary year - West Cork youth explore Dublin - Mark Marx: 'Healing people, it is what Lord has called me to do' - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Irish priest is now one of the Pope’s most senior officials - Liberal Presbyterian minister who promoted Catholic emancipation honoured - New initiative for Connor youth - Further allegations of abuse against C of I ex-church worker - Mother Teresa to become saint after Pope recognises second miracle - Archbishop Eamon Martin welcomes Pope’s recognition of Mother Teresa - News links to 25 reports on faith, politics and education
Prince Charles warns that Christianity in the Middle East is “under threat like never before” - C of I newspaper’s response to Rising and Somme Battles now online - Hope in sight for victims of Columbia’s 50 year long conflict - Media digest links to 18 press reports
Lord Mayor and Archbishop launch Dublin sitout - Derry clergy Container Sit-out Raises Over £5000 for Refugee Charities - C of I Lent course on reconciliation - Young people from Lambeg Parish sleep out for Abaana - Justin Welby: Christ's birth is a source of 'hope and healing' for bereaved - Archbishop invites more young Christians to spend ‘a year in God’s time’ - Media digest - including church leaders’ Christmas messages
Northern Ireland abortion laws not compatible with human rights, says High Court - Judgement reserved in 'heathen Islam sermon' Pastor McConnell trial in Belfast - Cork Bishops Join in Ecumenical Blessing of SHARE Crib - ‘Overwhelming support' for Syrian refugees as Belfast centre welcomes first arrivals - Bishops outline C of I response to the refugee crisis - Bishop MacDaid opens Door of Mercy at Saint Macartan’s Cathedral as Jubilee begins - ‘Magic Lantern’ collection fosters ecumenical links - Apostle Paul would be 'horrified' by Vatican's position on Judaism, say Jews for Jesus - Media digest
Clergy sit-outs and charity raising - Lord Mayor of Dublin Hosts Interfaith Forum - Colin Nativity a unique community theatre event - Man asks Derry Bishop to pray for him to “get off the drink” - Four Centres of Mercy in Derry diocese - Prayers in the forest’ concludes Christmas Tree Festival - There's no 'vocation to laziness', Pope Francis tells young people - Media digest
Catholic bishop’s ‘lovely’ day with Apprentice Boys in Londonderry - Dublin joins Paris in mourning terror attack victims - Women from Northern Ireland had more than 4,600 abortions in England and Wales over the last five years - Pastor McConnell's declaration that he doesn't trust Muslims was 'grossly offensive', court hears - Schools wrong not to stage nativity plays says first Irish-born Muslim cleric - Vicar and Star Wars-mad children make hilarious spoof of the C of E’s Lord’s Prayer advert - Media digest
Trócaire welcomes landmark climate deal in Paris - The couple who saved a Belfast church from destruction - Christmas Tree Festival Upper Kilwarlin, Lisburn - Sunday schools and bell ringing groups could face ‘radicalisation’ inspections - Salisbury canon banned from preaching in Winchester over his gay marriage - Vatican rejects ‘institutional mission work’ directed at Jews - Media digest
Cork cathedral gets security to combat on-site drug abuse - Historic Belfast church faces demolition for flats - St Catherine’s (CORE) on RTE’s Sunday Worship tomorrow - New book on hitchhiking in the footsteps of St Columbanus - Death of former auxiliary Bishop of Dublin - Belfast parish’s generous support for Hospice - Saturday Night Live programme for youth groups in Down and Dromore - Painting raises £550,000 to help Us support refugees in Europe - Christian Aid welcomes progress at Paris climate summit - Media digest
North Belfast teenagers to March for Peace tonight - Derry’s Catholic Jubilee Year of mercy will begin in C of I church - Dogs Take Centre Stage at Peata Cathedral Carol Service - Community Christmas Tree Festival in St Aidan’s Belfast - Bikes from Down to help Sudanese clergy - Catholic bishops concern for school autonomy - New home for Lambeth Palace's priceless historic library planned - Media digest of Irish and UK news headlines with links
The future of education in Ireland is under constant review - Archbishop Diarmuid Martin writes
Spirit Radio ‘roll out challenge’ seeks €20,000 - New C of I Secretary General announced - Prayer walking in north Belfast - Meath Peace Group focus on 1912 -1922, a Decade of Change and Violence in Ireland - Ulster rugby players’ cathedral date - Cork C of I school board members introductory training - Church appointments - Wales holds day of prayer for refugees - Media digest : Irish and UK news headlines with links
I met the word ‘peace’ for the first time in mid-1988 a few months after I got out of prison. In terms of my life’s experience up to that point I did not know what the word actually meant. How could I? - Jim Gibney writes in the Irish News.
It’s time to rediscover God’s mercy, Pope says at Jubilee launch - Millisle’s Holocaust link - Israel and Ireland : Bishop Trevor Williams shares reflections on reconciliation - Living in the Light : Dublin Multi Faith Service - Join Irish Methodists on Nepal Fundraising Treks 2016 - Lisburn youth Funday, Bunday Sunday raises more than £1,000 for Abaana - Moderator urges Scots to join him in helping feed Syrian refugee families - Only 1 in 10 Advent calendars have Christian theme - Media digest
Memorial to Armenian Genocide erected at Christ Church Cathedral Dublin - Bishop Colton visits Bandon following the ‘Storm Desmond’ Floods - IRA killers at Loughgall ‘died under judgement of God’ - Methodist minister son of murdered policeman - Irish bishops mark fiftieth anniversary of end of Vatican Council - Weekend of special memories for the Moderator - Roof Repair Fund – second funding round open - Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop hospitalised with subdural haematoma - Media digest