Very Reverend David John Ison, BA, PhD, Dean of Bradford, in Bradford Diocese, has been appointed to the Deanery of the Cathedral of Saint Paul in London
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News from Limerick, Derry and Dublin
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Reports from Dublin, Galway and Belfast
A Rapid Reading Review - short reports and web links to issues affecting the churches
Short reports on matters affecting the mission of the churches
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The heart of Saint Laurence O’Toole has been stolen from Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin.
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Rapid reading summary with links: C of E apologizes for child abuse cases; Diocesan revisions; Witchcraft a growing threat to children in GB; Catholic midwives lose abortion battle
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Reports include - Discussion on Social Welfare Reform Hosted by the Church Leaders[ RB Library Archive - Douglas Hyde; Education Newsbrief (RI); Rector on song at Women’s Institute
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Archbishop Rowan Williams will take part in a “Justice for Women” service in London to mark two global days for women.
There's an ongoing dispute at the UN Human Rights Council about the limits to the persecution of LGBT people. In a speech in Geneva at the WCC, the Archbishop of Canterbury spoke out strongly against any decisions that would countenance laws criminalizing gay and lesbian people.
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A Rapid Reading Review of the media - short reports and web links - to 12 reports including President’s speech that protecting children must be the first priority for Irish society ; article by Senator Averil Power on gay teachers' dilemma
Around the dioceses - Retirement, Appointments, Organ scholarships; Ecumenical conference; Mission experience
A Rapid Reading Review of the media - short reports and web links - including : Ulster missionaries escape bomb attack; Carlow farming funerals; Republic of Ireland's first gay wedding fair; ‘Undercover Bishop’
Clarke an agnostic former politician is organising a series of lectures on faith and society. Mr Clarke, home secretary from 2004 to 2006, lost his Norwich seat at the last election and is now a visiting professor of faith and politics at Lancaster University. He also admits that Labour made mistakes on immigration and Church relations.
A Rapid Reading Review of the media - short reports and web links - including : St Paul's invites police to evict Occupy; Urgent questions for St Paul’s; Education cash for historic sites; 'Even outstanding women struggle to rise in the CofE’; The women who oppose female bishops
The Revd Canon Victor Stacey has today (Tuesday 28 February 2012) been elected as the next Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, in succession to The Very Revd Dr Robert MacCarthy, who retired at the end of January.
Reports include - Inauguration of Outreach Project Bus for Marching Bands in Armagh; Dedication of new rectory for Powerscourt; Cathedral Sculptor honoured with Blue Plaque; Day of Prayer in Derry
In a sermon broadcast live on BBC Radio 4's Sunday Worship, Archbishop Rowan Williams preached on the theme of freedom - what it means to be free and how we can achieve the true freedom ‘to be what we most deeply are’.
A Rapid Reading Review of the media - short reports and web links - including : Funerals held for Carlow farmers;Keep anniversaries inclusive: Alliance; Queen visit 'affected me': SF man; Belfast interface barrier opened; Teacher support for Irish disabled teens cut by 5%; Irish language social media site launched