Next time round I will think twice about voting for the Alliance Party, following the revelation that it is demanding that its candidates for election must accept its ruling in favour of same-sex marriage - Alf McCreary in the Belfast Telegraph
Dock market at Titanic Quarter church is a year old; Faith in Marriage Equality group responds to Presbyterian and Catholic churches vote call; Pro Life Campaign blasts Amnesty Ireland’s 8th amendment rally; Derry diocese climate talks with Foyle MP; Archbishop Ben Kwashi speaking in Belfast on Sunday; Pace of change afflicts RE in Ireland; Stained-glass windows exceed expectations in auction; WCC pilgrims remember atom bomb's deadly destruction 70 years ago in Hiroshima; Media digest
Technology helps bring St Patrick’s Cathedral to life; Presbyterian and Catholic Churches want a free vote on same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland; Reminiscence Exhibition at Belfast Methodist care home; Dean’s Tribute to Canon Robert Reed, Precentor of St Patrick’s Cathedral; Pope urges true welcome for divorced and remarried; New Church of England leadership training already showing 'first fruits’; Media digest
The challenge to sectarianism - Bishop Harold Miller at New Horizon
Tributes for Team Ireland’s successes at Special Olympics; Singing Priests will help Galway Cathedral celebrate its Golden Jubilee; Clergy conversion - from Couch Potato to Marathon Runner; Moira’s Bible Club kids on Polar Express; Pastoral Worker commissioned for St Clement’s in East Belfast; If Not Now, When? British Jews pray for Middle East Christians; Tributes paid to the well known Catholic peace activist Jerry Berrigan; Media Digest
A senior Church spokesman has called on Catholic politicians to resist taking the The Alliance Party could be headed for a clash with the Churches, particularly the Catholic hierarchy, over a new rule that its MLAs must pledge to vote in favour of same-sex marriage in the Assembly - writes Liam Clarke in The Belfast Telegraph
Religious education in Ireland not taken seriously, says study; From Strabane to Peru - Making a Difference; Fr Peter McVerry receives the ‘Spirit of Mother Jones’ honour; Clogher canon at St Patrick’s Dublin; New Mothers' Union Chief Executive to continue support for families; Churches reveal Welsh data on benefit sanctions; Media Digest
Gay marriage is now legal across the land. But some conservative Christians see gay marriage as sinful, and feel it’s their right, consistent with their religious beliefs, to discriminate against marrying gays, by for example refusing to sell them wedding cakes or weddings invitations. Must we tolerate their religion-based intolerance? - Kevin McGee writes from USA
Valuable witness of Irish Methodist City missions; Killyleagh says farewell and thank you to Jerome and Mary Munyangaju; Major re-roofing project underway at Derry church; Salisbury Cathedral harmony ruined by row over choristers' school; Scots minister’s shed is focus of vocation video video; Archive focus on the Most Revd Richard Whately, Archbishop of Dublin 1831–1863; New York holds last mass services before dozens of Catholic church closures; Media digest
We want to give our kids an Irish childhood surrounded by the people and places that matter most to us. But at what cost?- writes Seattle resident Kevin O’Donnell
100m Christians face discrimination and persecution; Fond farewell to Portadown rector; Glenstal may close to public over insurance claims; Armagh service recalled penalty kick pioneer; Recalling 1966 commemoration; New history of Lisburn parish published; We have not recovered yet, says Dean of Nepal; Media digest
The Church of England is being asked for a liturgy to rename transgender people. It's happening already writes Christopher Howse.
Down nurse joins Mercy Ship off Madagascar; Trócaire Human Rights Talk in Derry; Down ordinations; National Eucharistic Congress at Knock; Pipe Organ at Holy Trinity blessed; Almost £1billion sets new record for Church of England parish giving; Young Syrians marry in the ruins of church in devastated city of Homs; Media digest
A pilgrim place with its own vocabulary, culture, ethos, writes John Lynch
Corrymeela opens "space of celebration”; Presbyterian Moderator visits Malawi; Gallipoli centenary service in Lisburn Cathedral; Congo violence recalled by Irish missionary family; The Church of Ireland and the Labour leadership race; Methodists to confer on changing face of family ministry; Church of Scotland urges action on religious freedom in Nepal; Media digest
There is something toe-curling about this rush to America, writes Liam Clarke
Mother’s Union profile high as Mrs Welby leads retreat for Tanzanian bishops’ wives; Ex-church aide sent for trial charged with indecently assaulting boys over 13-year period; Dispute over suspension of Christ Church Cathedral's director of operations is settled, High Court hears; ‘Faith and Family’ theme for Knock novena; Youth Centre’s positive impact on Down community; UN criticises Northern Ireland executive on abortion and 'troubles' issues; World Youth Day registration begins; pope is first person to sign up; Media digest
Bishop Kevin Doran at Evensong in Saint Columcille’s Church, Drumcliffe, on the occasion of the opening of the Yeats International Summer School and the 150th anniversary of his birth.
Irish Methodists Listen & Learn in Nepal; 10 years after IRA gave up its armed campaign, Northern Ireland back at the crossroads; Parish benefits from Steps to Funding workshops; Methodist - C of I history made; Man pleads not guilty to murder of religious affairs writer Tom O’Gorman; Media digest
Faithful will respond as vocations fall - Bishop of Limerick; Inaugural Memorial 5km Run for St Luke’s Home, Cork; Methodist fund raiser for Nepal Leprosy hospital; Connor parish hall rededicated; Events; GB Catholic bishops’ guidance on end of life decisions; Media digest
The big questions asked in Vicky Cosstick’s book, Belfast: Towards a City Without Walls, are: will the peace walls ever come down, and will Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson be proved correct in predicting it will happen by 2023?
Pro-Gay Faith Groups Meet Catholic Archbishop; Economics and a just society - Presbyterian Public Square event; New light on Charles Wesley’s time in Ireland; Young Roses rising in the West; Clerical appointments; Musical events; Modern-day Noah is building an ark in a Northern Ireland field; Surge in demand for Church of Scotland’s prayer collection; Media digest
Not everyone will be happy with the dilution of religious content arising from recent changes, writes Martin Mansergh
Irish Farmers Association encourages farmers in Ethiopia; University interns value Belfast cathedral experiences; C of E voices opposition to latest Assisted Dying Bill; Jungle Jamboree - Children’s Holiday Club Rosscarbery Cathedral; Celebrating Magna Carrta - a service for young people; Alto Lay Vicar Choral vacancy at Saint Fin Barre’s; New discipleship resources website launched; Multi-faith response to US churches arson-attack fund; Ecumenical Institute for the Middle East will train young Christians; Media digest
Young Dublin Adults Receive First Ecumenical Leadership Certificates; Unique liturgical music workshop at Roscrea; Visiting choirs at St Anne’s, Belfast; Archbishop Neary to lead the 2015 Reek Sunday national pilgrimage on Croagh Patrick; Carrigaline Parish’s Small Change collection for FTM; Cork priest to be auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles; Churches reflect on climate finance at UN financing for development conference; Media digest
Rachel Treweek and Sarah Mullally consecrated bishops; Bishop McAreavey: “Violence has no place in our society.”; Tributes paid to Irish missionary killed in Liberia; Cheques presented to charities marking Connor parish 250 th anniversary; Sallaghy Parish enjoys glorious 175th anniversary celebrations ; Media digest
Connor parish’s Flute Band Church is serving in Paraguay; Primate affirms role and message of Pioneers; Gala concert in St Nicholas’, Belfast; Sea Sunday theme for Children’s Day; Youth 2000 Summer Festival; Majority of US evangelicals back Israel; Media digest
The big questions asked in Vicky Cosstick’s book, Belfast: Towards a City Without Walls, are: will the peace walls ever come down, and will Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson be proved correct in predicting it will happen by 2023?
Ordinations hit a new high as fresh calls for married priests emerge; Director of Christ Church takes cathedral to court; Fewer church bells ring out for weddings, report shows; Hundreds of Cursillo pilgrims finish walk in Knock; Irish town to be marketed as spiritual tourism hub; High-flier Graham Norton never forgets his Cork roots; CofE go-ahead for children to distribute Communion, Church in Wales achieves Fairtrade status, Media digest
Alexis de Tocqueville famously observed of revolutions that they were both inevitable and surprising, and this is no less true of the recent revolution in Ireland, which “Official Ireland” is now celebrating. Catherine Kavanagh writes