A group of Irish peacemakers from Glencree Centre has helped resolve gang warfare in disaster-hit Haiti.
The latest available figures suggest that the non-religious in Ireland are a fast-growing group, with 186,000 saying they have no religion and a further 70,000 choosing not to indicate any religious belief.
An Irish Roman Catholic bishop has rejected Minister Michael Noonan’s controversial claim that emigration is a ‘lifestyle choice’ for young people, saying many are being forced to leave.
How to engage with people from other cultures who now live here.
The UK Government has suffered a defeat over its welfare reform proposals as peers supported a move to exempt child benefit from the £26,000 benefits cap.
The C of E is selling the deanery in Truro, and many parishes are facing a financial fight for survival
Royals' own set of kings and queens paintings to be revealed at Southwell Minster
The Very Revd Dr Robert MacCarthy will retire from his post as Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, and from the stipendiary ministry of the Church of Ireland onWednesday. He preached his final sermon as Dean at Evensong yesterday.
On Friday evening the Archbishop of Dublin will open an exhibition, ‘Christ Church Restored’ in the Irish Architectural Archive in 45 Merrion Square, Dublin.
The appointment of Very Rev Robert Jones to the Parish of Malone, Belfast (Connor) was announced yesterday.
On Thursday the Bishop of Derry will be the keynote speaker at ‘Volunteers Transforming Community’ in the Derry & Raphoe Diocesan Office.
Nearly one in 10 people surveyed about drinking in Northern Ireland was found to have a problem with alcohol.
The speaker at a quiet day organised by the Evangelical Fellowship of Irish clergy is Jonathan Fletcher, vicar of Emmanuel Church Wimbledon.
UK Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has hit out at bishops trying to block his welfare reforms, accusing them of ignoring the concerns of ordinary people.
Video is now available of John Stott Service of Thanksgiving held on Friday at St Paul's Cathedral. Links follow
Parishes throughout England can apply for a £10,000 prize for the best developed proposal for commissioning a new work of art for their church.
Over 250 people have already pledged to join a circle of prayer around the Occupy camp near St Paul's Cathedral if it faces forced removal by bailiffs or police.
To facilitate coverage of the lead up to the conference on “Human sexuality and Christian belief” - the Blog area of the site will be utilised for coverage and comment on the conference and news of related issues elsewhere. Acces to the Blog is above the CNI masthead.
Interdenominational Divine Healing Ministries are holding a special service for those impacted through anxiety or depression on Monday 20th February 2012, at 8pm in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast.
Castle Archdale Parish Church is celebrating the ‘Feast of Life’ in a special service of comfort and hope on Sunday 5th February 2012 at 7.00pm.
Christians Against Poverty is a national debt counselling charity. Chief Executive, Matt Barlow writes with exciting new possibilities for church partnership.
The Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, has condemned the planting of two explosive devices in Londonderry.
The Biblical Association for the Church of Ireland has produced a Lent Course for 2012. is now available for free download and distribution.
Valuable religious artifacts that were stolen last year have been discovered following a search operation in the midlands this week.
The Archbishop of York a farm near Knutsford this week to offer support to the county’s farming community.
As they had done at his funeral at All Souls in July, the heavens laid on a beautiful sunny morning for John Stott’s memorial service at St Paul’s Cathedral on Friday January 13th. The queue of 2200 people who attended. snaked back almost to the East End.
Marriages up four per cent, national ‘mapping’ identifies at least 1,000 fresh expressions of church
Youngsters faced with an uncertain future due to the recession should be the special focus of Church of England prayers on one of the holiest days of the year, according to the Bishop of Blackburn.
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A divided Christian witness convinces fewer and fewer people less and less of the time, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson said at a service marking the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.