Pope

Patrick Kielty, the host of The Late Late Show, who is back on set for his second season presenting one of Ireland's biggest talk shows

Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty reveals fear he gave Pope Francis shingles

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

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

The Irish Football Association has said it stands against all formers of discrimination after video emerged which appeared to show sectarian singing in the social club of Coleraine FC. Photo: Google.

Coleraine FC investigating sectarian singing video

The Bugles, Pipes and Drums of The Royal Irish Regiment performed for Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday. Photo: LCpl Miskelly/The Royal Irish Regiment

Pope's seal of approval for Royal Irish Regiment band at The Vatican

The synod is also expected to confirm opposition to euthanasia or assisted dying which is now a topic of heated discussion in the UK

CoI ​primate meets Pope Francis

​Rev Dr Houston McKelvey OBE, Church of Ireland

Thought for the week: Benefit of friendships across the divide

Ireland's James McCollum suffered an injury during day two of the first LV= Insurance Test match at Lord's

Entertainment key for England as Ireland face injury concern

Liam Logan and Jane Veitch fishing on Lough Barry

Roamer: Relax with a wee drap of tay and watch A Word In Yer Lug

Twitter Blue, the social media platform’s subscription service that allows users to buy a blue verification badge for the first time, has gone live in the UK.

Goodbye to the blue tick: Twitter removes verified marks

Pope Francis to be released from hospital tomorrow.

Vatican confirms Pope to leave hospital on Saturday

Pope Francis recently said that 'the English resolved the requests from Scotland' about independence in 'the English way' (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Pope Francis in hospital with respiratory infection

Pope Francis has been admitted to hospital with a pulmonary infection.

Pope requires 'several days of therapy' for pulmonary infection

Letters to editor

Sight of church leaders partnering papal visit will grieve all gospel lovers

PACEMAKER BELFAST 09/04/2018 Norman Hamilton

'God loves gay and straight alike... but He also sets out a demanding lifestyle'

Crowds pack St.Peter’s Square at the Vatican on April 8, 2005, for the funeral of Pope John Paul II. Looking back, the chances of a Belfast-based writer and photographer bumping in to each other in such a huge audience on such an historic day must have been thousands to one

Alf McCreary: The News Letter photographer and a ladder at Pope’s funeral

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

Thousands of mourners gathered to pay their respects to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican today.

Chelsie Sewell

In this image released on Monday by the Vatican Media news service, the body of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lied out in state inside St Peter's Basilica. Vatican Media via AP

Nationalist parties tributes to former pope not as forthcoming as to the Queen

Pope Benedict

Irish president praises Pope Benedict's 'steadfast interest' in Northern Ireland

Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies aged 95

Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies aged 95

The burning bush, a symbol of Presbyterianism

Free Presbyterians slam Protestant churchman as ‘heretical’ for praising Pope

Rev Steve Stockman

Protestant churchman praises the Pope as having ‘a Christlikeness’ about him

Kilskeery parish church, Co Fermanagh. Picture: Billy Maxwell

Billy Kennedy on churches: Archbishop Welby reflects on church covid closures

Letter to the editor

Innocent until proven guilty must apply to all – that includes Prince Andrew

The front page News Letter report from 1982 of the great day when Gerry Armstrong led Northern Ireland to victory against Spain in the World Cup

Ben Lowry: Joint anthem at Northern Ireland games would be ploy to undermine it

A view of St Peter's Square at the Vatican, during the Sacred Mass for the Jubilee of the Bishops on Sunday, October 8, 2000. Picture: AP Photo/Plinio Lepri

Ultra-Conservatives call for probe into Pope’s death (1978)

Circa 1933: German dictator, Adolf Hitler addressing a rally in Germany. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: News Letter editorial reflects on ‘The Creed of the Nazis’

Health Minister, Robin Swann.

NI had shipment of vaccine in transit when EU triggered Article 16

Northern Ireland came close to losing out on a shipment of Covid-19 vaccines when the European Union unilaterally invoked Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol which is part of the United Kingdom’s EU Withdrawal Agreement.

Andrew Quinn

The Pope appears to have ‘liked’ a racy photo on Instagram - but does he use soc...

Rushmere Shopping Centre in Craigavon.

Pope renews call for Rushmere train station

News Letter editorial

Many fine gestures of support and sacrifice at Christmas

Letter to the editor

The DUP needs to take a stand for the unborn

These newlyweds chanted 'f**k the Pope and the I.R.A.' as they were greeted by their guests at their own wedding ceremony last week.

'F**k the Pope and the I.R.A.' - Loughshore Hotel defends decision not to interv...

A front page of a Belfast News Letter from the summer of 1739

Reported On This Day 280 Years Ago (August 4 1739): Extreme heat in Italy though...

The front page of the Belfast News Letter of May 18 1739 (which is May 29 in the modern calendar)

Reported 280 Years Ago (May 1739): Pope urges Venetians and Poles to join fight ...

Bishop-elect Michael Router

Pope anounces new Auxilliary Bishop of Armagh

Hanover FC.

Club issues apology after anti-Catholic chanting at league title celebrations

A Christian pilgrim holds a candle during Easter Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 1, 2016

If churches don’t resolve millennium-old dispute on an Easter date, governments ...

Morning View

Repentant men of past violence are trying to warn the young

The Belfast News Letter of October 3 1738 (which is October 14 in the modern calendar). The paper was founded a year earlier, in September 1737, and is the oldest English language daily newspaper in the world. But this is the oldest surviving edition, so it is therefore the earliest existing copy of the oldest language English daily

Reported in the News Letter this week 280 years ago

Pope Francis signs the arrivals book as he meets with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Dublin Castle as part of his visit to Ireland in August. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

The issue is the economy, not which church you don't attend

Arlene Foster, at the GAA Ulster final earlier this year, has been criticised for not going to see the pope

Nationalist criticism of Arlene Foster for not meeting pope is hypocritical, giv...

Pope Francis waves to the waiting crowds on College Green, Dublin. Photo: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Pope vows to study government memo on Irish mother and baby home

Press Eye - Lagan Valley Count Centre - 6th May 2016 Photograph By Declan Roughan Robbie Butler elected. The count gets under way at Lisburn Leisure Plex count centre for Lagan Valley and South Down candidates.

Time for words on abuse '˜done'

Pope Francis arrives to attend the closing Mass at the World Meeting of Families at Phoenix Park in Dublin, as part of his visit to Ireland. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Pope asks for forgiveness for abuse by church

Pope Francis is greeted by a delegation of clergy and representatives from Ireland West Airport as he arrives at the airport in Knock in County Mayo, as part of his visit to Ireland. Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Pope expected to draw 500,000 for mass

Pope Francis arrives at Croke Park Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, to join an audience of 82,500 and hear five testimonies by families from Ireland, Canada, Iraq, and Africa, during the Festival of Families event, as part of his visit to Ireland. Photo: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Clerical sexual abuse victims meet Pope

Pope John Paul II walking in procession outside the basilica during his visit to the Knock Shrine in Ireland in September 1979. Photo:: PA Wire

The DUP has missed an opportunity by not meeting Pope Francis on his Irish visit...

Letters

Rev Brian Kennaway: '˜Kyle Paisley is wrong to say the Presbyterian moderator is...

Irish premier Leo Varadkar

Irish premier glad Catholic Church is now '˜less dominant'

Letters

Christians are commanded to have no fellowship with the works of darkness

Letters

Ask Pope about the Catholic Church and the Enniskillen bomb memorial

Letters

The naked bigotry and sectarianism of Irish republicans

Letters

Protestant churchmen rushing to meet the Pope while neglecting victims

Kate Walmsley, 62, a survivor of serious clerical child sex abuse who has said she could not care less about the Pope's visit to the Republic of Ireland this weekend

Survivor of clerical sex abuse: I could not care less about Pope's visit

Rev. Dr. Charles McMullen, moderator of Presbyterian Church in Ireland

Presbyterian moderator hopes to meet Pope in Dublin