The editor of the Baptist Times has expressed his sadness over the decision to cease publication of the newspaper at the end of 2011.
Ryanair has come under fire over plans to develop apps that will allow passengers to watch adult film content during flights.
The Archbishop of Caterbury’s speech at the Lord Mayor of London’s annual banquet last night defends cathedral staff and says rioters showed 'a different form of greed'
South Dublin service marks UN climate summit,Sister Irene celebrates 60 years in Church Arm, Senator to speak inTCD Chapel series, Limerick diocesan interfaith study day, Mouth watering recipes and Healthy minds in Mid-Connor
Breakaway church possible with up to 150 ministers ready to quit over ordination of gay clergy.
The Church of England’s dioceses have voted in favour of consecrating female bishops, campaigners said yesterday, clearing one hurdle in a long legislative battle to let women break through the “stained-glass ceiling”.
Irish President Michael D Higgins has carried out his first official duty as Head of State when he laid a wreath at a Remembrance Sunday service in Dublin and then attended a schools’ choir competition in Derry which was won by Wesley College, Dublin.
Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners, comments on the current economic situation
“Pythonesque preaching from Church of England top brass is of no practical help in this economic mess”, Simon Jenkins has written in The Guardian.
Ian Paisley is to step down from ministry in the church he helped establish 60 years ago.
The British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA) has welcomed recent comments from David Cameron on aid to countries with a poor track record on human rights.
Christian Aid has welcomed the publication this week of the report ‘Value and Values: Perceptions of Ethics in the City Today’ from the St Paul’s Institute.
The role of God as creator will come under the spot light in a rural seminar this week. Creation theology and its relationship to today’s rural and environmental issues will be discussed at the event at the Royal Welsh Showground.
Remembrance Sunday, Cashel & Cork institution and installation, Busy weekend in CITI, East Belfast rector retires, Good Book Shop Coffee Morning, Crosslinks Diary Dates, Crypt Reflection Space, Dublin Patronal Festival, A Richness of Sound in Taney, Evening of Music and Hymns in Lisburn, Connor’s Energize evening, Bishop of Down attends re–opening of historic RC Church
Michael D Higgins became the ninth President of Ireland yesterday morning – but as Journal.ie reminded its readers, he was not the first poet to take residence in the Áras. The State’s very first President, Douglas Hyde, was also a scholar, a writer and a poet and the son of a C of I rector.
A new report out from Premier Christian Media warns of a “strong bias” against Christians in British public life.
Christian guesthouse owners are appealing against a court's ruling that their policy on double rooms discriminates against homosexuals.
Blessing of same sex unions - to view click above masthead
Recent letters to The Irish Times reveal differing stances within the Church of Ireland. Canon Ginnie Kinnerley, Chairperson of Changing Attitude - Ireland and David McConnell responded to a letter from Rev Donard Collins, Killowen, Coleraine, Derry diocese. (See also today’s blog on this site - Blessing same sex unions).
“At today's inauguration of Michael D Higgins in addition to the usual prayers, a reflection will be offered by a secular humanist" writes David Quinn in an extensive comment in today’s Irish Independent in which he questions where the Irish government may be taking the state.
The Irish Independent reports today that Roman Catholic priests in the cash-strapped Dublin diocese have had their pay slashed by 9pc due to plunging donations from Mass-goers.
Biblefresh has launched a brand new challenge to help Christians share Bible verses with their friends, neighbours and colleagues.
The Church of Scotland is set to roll out a brand new sport in its churches following a successful pilot in east Glasgow.
The newly installed President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, will be present at the Remembrance Sunday service at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. The St Patrick’s Cathedral service will be his first official engagement.
Radical governance reforms to the way Tallaght Hospital is run have been announced.The decision was announced in a joint statement from Minister for Health Dr James Reilly, and the Church of Ireland, Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Michael Jackson.
Rathmullan Abbey book launch, Portadown carols, Comedy in Greenisland, Bishop of Egypt’s visit, Clergy retirement, Cork Installation, Obituary - Rev RH Boyd

Parishioners across Wales are being invited to share their ideas for the future of the Church in Wales with a team of advisers who are conducting an independent root and branch review.
A column in the independent Church of England Newspaper compares gay rights campaigners to Nazis
Bishop of Egypt visits Northern Ireland, The challenge of engaging with children in Church, Christmas stamps launched in NI by Dean of Belfast,
St Patrick’s Past Choristers & Pupils’ Association Reunion, KJV@4:00 project on final stage, Bishop Good extends good wishes to Bishop Hegarty upon his retirement, Connor Canon appointed.
Via Wings, a Dromore–based community charity with close links to Dromore Cathedral, has won top prize in the annual Co–operation Ireland All–Island Pride of Place Awards announced at the gala ceremony in Gorey, County Wexford last saturday.