Organisers have cancelled the annual pilgrimage to Glastonbury due to the burden of rising fuel costs for pilgrims.
Increased life expectancy is leading to people "putting off" becoming involved in religion, UK researchers have said.
Parents will be asked to accompany their children to weekend religious classes, under plans drawn up by the Roman Catholic bishops.
An Orange Order chaplain, a member of a minority fundamentalist group in the order, has called for Unionist politicians Tom Elliott and Danny Kennedy to be expelled for attending the funeral mass of Constable Ronan Kerr.
A pilgrimage to Navan, a concert, expert speakers and worship in the cathedral form the blend of the annual conference on the theme of The Sacred Presence which will be held from 20-22 May 2011.
Thousands of people lined the streets of Shropshire’s county town as members of the Royal Irish Regiment marched to and from Shrewsbury Abbey for a service of thanksgiving and remembrance following the regiment’s return from Afghanistan.
About 1,000 people turned out in Kildare town centre this afternoon to greet the Dalai Lama.
The House of Bishops of the Church of Ireland meeting today appointed the Very Revd Patrick W. Rooke as the new Bishop of the United Dioceses of Tuam, Killala and Achonry, to succeed the Rt Revd Dr Richard Henderson, who recently moved to the Diocese of Carlisle in the Church of England.
Down and Dromore Ministry of Healing service, Bishop’s insight on Clogher diocese, RB Unit Trust Valuations, Dromantine Inter-Church Gathering.
This interdisciplinary conference will be held at the Waterford Institute of Technology (College St Campus) Waterford, from 12 - 14 May 2011. The keynote speaker will be Dr Rebecca Nye a leading figure in the "Godly Play" approach.
"Sow - A new conference on church planting" is being hosted jointly by Crosslinks and Irish Church Missions on 18 & 19 May, 2011, in Dollingstown, Co Armagh.
The evening will consider Seeds of Hope: aspirations, attitudes and actions for building a welcoming community. Everyone is warmly invited to the EMBRACE AGM and Spring Meeting on Tuesday 10th May 2011, from 7.30pm till 9.30pm at Edgehill College Belfast.
Fergus Finlay in today's Irish Examiner has been scrutinizing briefing notes for prepared for incoming ministers by officials in the Department of Finance.
The BBC reports today that The Church of England is to issue new guidance to clergy in an attempt to reduce the number of sham marriages.
The Rt Rev Peter Price, Bishop of Bath and Wells points to the pain and hope people lived with.
A Christian community set in the peaceful Somerset countryside is playing a major part in promoting peace in multi cultural Britain.642-811 The Ammerdown Centre near Radstock is planning a course to help non Muslims better understand Islam.
In a controversial new television documentary the Irish nun claims to have solved the mystery of why Mother Teresa, who is being made a saint by the Vatican, pulled her order of nuns out of Ballymurphy in the 1970s.
When Bishop Christopher Senyonjo, one of Uganda’s leading voices fighting homophobia in Africa, spoke last week at the United Nations, he was accompanied by Canon Albert Ogle who served in parishes in Connor and Dublin dioceses.
Northern Ireland's trio of singing priests are in the running for a Classic Brit music award.
Permanent and occasional teaching staff of the Institute will be joined next week by several visiting academics
An Orangeman has received a landmark award from a Catholic school in Belfast in recognition of his peace-building work. It was presented by the former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, and came less than 24 hours after the poignant scenes of solidarity between politicians, police and the GAA at the funeral of Constable Ronan Kerr.
Recalling an old tradition?
Former Taoiseach John Bruton has taken Education Minister Ruairi Quinn to task for suggesting that preparing children for sacraments should take place outside school hours, The Irish independent reports today.
Ann Widdecombe calls proposed change 'outrageous'
The next meeting of the Society will be held in the Public Library Armagh (Robinson Library) on Saturday, 7 May 2011.
