Controversy and hurt over Sinn Fein’s Loughgall commemoration, the issues around the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin continue, also online newspaper reviews. Click here - CNI -Media Review May 1
First black US woman bishop and first to succeed another woman - Fresh leader for Knights of Malta after Pope intervenes - C of I General Synod in Limerick - Quaker testimonies are still valid, Irish Friends’ Yearly Meeting told - Mothers’ Union pilgrimages to mark Irish 130th anniversary - First CofE vicar to marry same-sex partner has resigned - Pope celebrates Mass for 15,000 Catholics in Cairo - News Briefs: Kildare, Kells & Dublin - Today in Christian History. Click here - CNI -NEWS May 1
Comprehensive news links to Brexit developments, Education cuts, school choirs in NI, the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin, plus other Irish, GB and International sources. Click here - CNI -Media review Ap 30
The planned move of the National Maternity Hospital to St Vincent’s, a site owned by the Sisters of Charity, has opened up a new discussion about religion and health care in Ireland, Cliodhna Russell writes in The Journal.ie. Click here - CNI -PRESS WATCH AP31
C of I Priorities Fund to focus on training, education and innovation - Cumann Gealach na hEaglaise welcomes new grant from the Priority Funds - Countdown to Presbyterian Women’s Annual Meetings - Pope Francis urges Egypt’s imams to ‘unmask violence’ in God’s name - Cork conference on relationships in residential care - Religion, Reform, Identity: Ireland and the Age of Reformations - Lindisfarne Celtic dimension at Clonmacnoise Summer School - Connect: Training for Youth Workers - Ambassador of Israel visits Bishop of Cork - Today in Christian History. Click here - CNI -NEWS Ap 29
The consecration of a “missionary Bishop” for Anglicans who want alternative oversight in the Church of England is being considered by Primates meeting in Lagos this week, GAFCON UK confirmed on Monday, The Church Times reports. Click here - CNI -Press watch Ap29
Irish language, Ash for cash enquiry, international interest in Ireland post- Brexit, Dublin hospital provision, northern school closures, plus GB and International news with links. Click here - CNI -Media Ap 28
It is a woman bishop for Llandaff - Service of Remembrance for those who died in the Armenian Genocide - Invitation to Silent Retreats - Derry Family Retreat - Lough Derg reopens for 2017 pilgrimages - Catholic Church in Ireland must move away from ‘service station’ model - Today in Christian History. Click here - CNI -NEWS Ap28
Sinn Fein leader called out on her attendance at Loughgall commemoration by Methodist minister son of police victim; Foster's visit to Irish speakers, Ash for cash enquiry, Dublin's hospital provision and education news; GB and INternational news including Pope's use of IT to speak to TEC meeting in USA. Click here - CNI -Media April 27
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