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Professors Sean O’Connell and Professor Leanne McCormick with a copy of the Truth Recovery Independent Panel’s final report. Pic: Darren Kidd/PressEye

Extra 2,000 Northern Ireland mother and baby homes cases revealed

Morning View

Editorial: St Patrick's Day heads back to shared tradition it was a century ago

Father Malachy Finnegan

Abuse claims against Catholic diocese halted amid concerns over church's funds

Education minister Paul Givan faces an immense challenge following the Supreme Court ruling (Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

David Armstrong and Dr Philip Barnes: RE syllabus shake-up will require care

Happy memories from the past in PCI. From the early Sixties, Rev Dr Robert Coulter MBE, left, then assistant minister in Westbourne Presbyterian Church in east Belfast, alongside the church's senior minister, Rev David Alderdice. Both later took charge of congregations in the Ballymena Presbytery.

Dr John Coulter: Has safe-guarding crisis the potential to bankrupt PCI ?

Existing legislation requires that RE is based on the Holy Scriptures

Letter: Ruling's impact on controlled schools will be more complex

The late Father Malachy Finegan taught and worked at St Colman’s College in Newry at the time of the alleged abuse

Former pupils to receive combined £1.2m to settle priest abuse case

North Street Car Park, Lurgan, Co Armagh.

Welcome for first hour free parking

Mother and baby home campaigners on the steps of Parliament Buildings, Stormont, on Monday

Stormont urged to remove ‘cruel clause’ in mother and baby homes Bill

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday (8th). Photo: AP/Alessandra Tarantino

New pope welcomed by Northern Ireland's religious and political leaders

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025 (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

New American Pope makes first public appearance to jubilant scenes in Rome

Political and Religious Commentator Dr John Coulter.

John Coulter: New Pope must implement root and branch reform of Catholic Church

Messianic Jew Matthew Rudolph leading a Passover Service in a Christian Church in Dublin recently

Legacy of Pope Francis by P. Monaghan, Evangelical Catholic Initiative 30th Apri...

Pope Francis arrives to attending the closing Mass at the World Meeting of Families at Phoenix Park in Dublin in 2018. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Republic of Ireland leaders to attend Pope Francis funeral in Rome

Cardinal Kevin Farrell who certified Pope Francis’s death and sealed the papal apartment

Irish-born Cardinal Kevin Farrell to be camerlengo at Vatican conclave

Pope Francis

Vatican announces death of Pope Francis aged 88
Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced.
Paul Trainer

Primate of All-Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin

Pope Francis was asked to visit Northern Ireland as part of 2018 trip

The Catholic church did not enforce penance on other religions or non-believers at Lent

Letter: We should not have to endure Gaelic language

Morning View

Editorial: An ill-timed criticism of Israel from President Higgins

From left: the Revd Dr John Alderdice, President of the Methodist Church in Ireland; Archbishops Eamon Martin and John McDowell, Catholic and Church of Ireland Primates of All Ireland; the Rt Revd Sarah Groves, President of the Irish Council of Churches; and the Rt Revd Dr Richard Murray, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

TUV attacks 'spin' from church leaders welcoming devolved government

Under Colum Eastwood the SDLP made often uncomfortable shifts on party policy on social issues. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Eastwood era saw shift on social issues

Having children is now major "green" concern (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Choosing not to have children due to climate concerns

Social media users took to platforms including X to express disgust at an apparent depiction of the Last Supper involving drag queens.

Allister condemns 'blasphemous' Olympic opening ceremony

Morning View

Editorial: Irish voters reject the woke politics of their leaders and of SF

Morning View

Editorial: President Higgins tries to help to lead the EU turn against Israel

Archbishop Eamon Martin says his prayers are with all members of the PSNI, and their families

Archbishop Eamon Martin says Catholic community should still join the PSNI

PABest

The event at Barnardo Square in Dublin's city centre was organised by feminist group Rosa

Sinead O'Connor: Fans gather in Dublin to sing 'Nothing Compares 2 U'
Fans of Sinead O'Connor sang her most famous song at a poignant gathering in Dublin to pay tribute to the late star.
By David Young and Naomi Clarke, PA

Easter is upon us and that means the end of Lent is too - here’s everything you need to know about the holy period

When does Lent end this year?

Celebrating Valentine's Day is an age old tradition (photo: Adobe)

The History and the long traditions associated with Valentine’s Day

Pope Francis attends the funeral mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as pallbearers carry the coffin at the end of the funeral mass at St. Peter's square

Mourners gather to pay respects at Pope Benedict XVI funeral

Pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95, press officials confirm

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris is being pressed on why abortion services are the only part of the NHS which have been granted ring fenced funding.

NHS pressures: Catholic church queries why only abortion funding ringfenced

Letters to editor

Letters: Unionism versus Irish nationalism

President Eamon de Valera with a priest at Shannon airport in the 1960s

It is little wonder that the number of Protestants in Ireland fell

Those who wanted to live a quiet ‘Britishness’ in an independent Ireland could do so in the Protestant privacy of their churches, freemasonry, their sporting and dining clubs, the Orange Order and in their social support structure

The decline of Protestants in Ireland was due to many factors

Declan Donnelly (right) is embraced by his stage partner Ant McPartlin (left) outside St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle, following a Requiem Mass for his brother Father Dermott Donnelly, who died aged 55 after a sudden illness earlier this month. Picture date: Friday July 29, 2022. Picture: Scott Heppell/PA Wire

TV star Dec says final farewell to priest brother

Letter to the editor

As Protestants we were at one with Catholic Church on two core issues

Brandon Lewis has said he will impose teaching on abortion into NI schools.

Warning on Brandon Lewis’ abortion curriculum in schools

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has affirmed he will press ahead with compulsory UN-approved sex education for NI which includes information on accessing abortion.

No assurances 'abortion' education won’t be imposed on Catholic schools

Catholic Primate of All Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin (left) and the Church of Ireland Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop John McDowell speaking to the media in Armagh on the war in Ukraine and the response to the refugee crisis. Picture: David Young/PA Wire

Church leaders tell UK: Do  more on visas for refugees

People demonstrate in support of the Ukraine outside the United Nations' top court in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 16, 2022, where judges where expected to rule on a request by Ukraine to order Russia to halt its devastating invasion. But it remains to be seen if Moscow would comply with any order made by the International Court of Justice. Russia snubbed a hearing last week at which lawyers for Ukraine accused the country's powerful neighbor of "resorting to tactics reminiscent of medieval siege warfare" in its brutal assault. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Catholic Church exploring using unused buildings to house Ukrainian refugees

Archbishops Eamon Martin and John McDowell

Archbishops unite to press UK government on visas for Ukrainian refugees

The bill was blocked in a vote last week.

Bishops decry MLAs' refusal to ban abortions for non-fatal disabilities

Letter to the editor

Maybe Archbishop who talked of partition pain should focus on his church’s pain

Letter to the editor

Perhaps Catholic Church needs a northern head

News Letter editorial

Time for action to bring children together at school

Letter to the editor

Holier than thou Methodist church has no authority to condemn anyone else

At St Patricks Church of Ireland Cathedral, Irish church leaders came together to deliver their St Patrick's Day message.

Rt Rev Dr David Bruce

Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

Most Rev John McDowell

Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh & Primate of all Ireland

Rev Dr Thomas McKnight

President of the Methodist Church in Ireland

Most Rev Eamon Martin

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh & Primate of all Ireland

Very Rev Dr Ivan Patterson

President of the Irish Council of Churches

Troubles legacy: Churches admit to having been ‘captive to idols of state'

This is when Pancake Day falls in 2021 - and how to make the perfect pancakes

Pope Francis at the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, earlier this month. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Papal first as Pope Francis endorses same-sex unions

Many worshippers wore masks during a service to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast on Sunday. Picture: Press Eye

Church leaders recommend wearing of face coverings during worship

This ‘selfie’ where Michelle O’Neill stood smiling while a man had his arm around her was just one of at least nine breaches of her guidelines

Sam McBride: Despite Sinn Féin’s Trumpian claims, Storey funeral involved at lea...

The Church of Ireland’s Down Cathedral in Downpatrick. The main churches are making preparations in hope of a date soon when they can reopen

Arlene Foster spurs hopes churches may be able to reopen soon

This year’s transfer tests will be delayed.

Children’s Commissioner writes to ‘selective schools’ urging them to avoid using...

Taking a test

First Minister Arlene Foster ‘shares concerns’ about how children are being pre...

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