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
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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
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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
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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
After being outed as informer ‘Stakeknife’, he escaped the punishment many before him suffered, John Ware writes in The Irish Times. Click here - CNI -Presswatch Ap17
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Events and details of weekly BBC 3 Choral Evensong. Click here - CNI - DIARY AP15
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Irish Baptist to be principal of Spurgeon’s College - C of I bishops express grave concerns about primary schools in Republic - News briefs - Chester cathedral to host sixth Grand Organ marathon. Click here - CNI -News April 15
Main Irish, GB and international news - politics, faith and education. Includes Pope Francis' Holy Thursday address and message from church leaders in Jerusalem. Click here - CNI -Media IRL-UK April 14
Outgoing National President hails spirituality boost for SVP - Presbyterian cleric won't say if he'll join Easter show of unity - Bishop of Down & Dromore’s message for Good Friday & Easter - Bishop McKeown questions if Maynooth is fit for purpose in 21st Century - Southern Loyalism in context - Hail Gladdening Light: Cappella Caeciliana concert in Belfast - Today in Church History. Click here - CNI -News Ap 14
You think Stormont is a shambles with a proconsul failing to provide any leadership, flailing around, out of his depth? Have a look across the border at a hamstrung Dáil where not a week goes past that another scandal, another inquiry produces furious exchanges across the chamber leading to, well, nothing, but more of the same; anything but a decision, Brian Feeney write in The Irish News. Click here - CNI -Press watch Ap14
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Easter reflection in Narnia with Bishop of Down & Dromore - Date for Ireland’s first beatification ceremony confirmed - Moderator writes to clergy of ‘hope at Easter’ - Holy Week sing–along fills Raheny Church - Holy Thursday Mass on RTE - Archbishop to lead flotilla to England’s newest Minster - There is hope in a world beset by problems, Bishop Chillingworth - Derry youth choir launches ‘Let it shine’ CD - Over 40 schools in England allowed to stop daily Christian worship - Moira Band concert for mission project - Today in Church History. Click here - CNI -News April 13
The cross, loving service and humble sacrifice are the only way to overcome evil and give hope to the world, Pope Francis said this week. Click here -CNI -Devotional Ap 13
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Dublin city centre Good Friday Walk of Witness - Derry bishops to walk in the footsteps of St Columba - Ecumenical walks in Carlow and Thurles - Holy Week in Ireland for US school choir - Easter message from Archbishop Jackson of Dublin - C of I building fund’s new aims - BB’s Belfast Battalion parade - Invite families from abroad to World Meeting of Families, Fr Tim Bartlett - BBC’s Salford Religion and Ethics department to fold - Today in Church History. Click here - CNI -April 12
Church leaders unite after 44 die in Sunday massacre in Egypt - Walk of Witness by members of Douglas Churches - Derry and Ballyclare school choirs get to semi-finals in Radio Ulster’s SCOTY - RSCM Millennium Youth Choir audition day & evensong - Castlecaufield’s historic Wilkinson organ restored - Three former MLA’s get posts on the Education Authority - C of E Cathedrals review body announced - News briefs & Upcoming events - Today in Church History. Click here - CNI -News april 11
Brendan Smyth’s order has ended its ministry, but the scars remain, writes Patsy McGarry in The Irish Times. Click here - CNI -Press Watch April 11
In his Easter Message, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt. Rev. Dr. Frank Sellar, writes about the revolutionary message of hope, forgiveness and new life that Jesus brings. Click here - CNI -Tuesday in Holy Week
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Landmark west Belfast crucifixion statue reinstated - Church of Ireland bishops pressed over financial transparency - Fr Brendan Smyth victim says church’s failure to change its ways ‘disturbing’ - Lambeg rector boycotts cross-community ‘walk of witness’ - Pro-life group slams SDLP after council trio suspended - The bishop, his wife and the cassock-ripper - News briefs & Upcoming events - Today in Church History. Click here - CNI -News April 10
This week’s gospel is a drama played out in multiple acts of betrayal and one glorious act of love. It is a tragedy turned to triumph by the greatest encore of all time. In Matthew’s epic account of the Passion, we are not just spectators… we are participants… we are beneficiaries. Click here - CNI -Passion PLay