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NI bishops express ‘alarm’ at British proposals on the past
- Irish News
- April 8, 2020, 18:45
Northern Ireland’s Catholic bishops have issued a statement deploring proposals on how to deal with the past published by the Northern Secretary. The(...)

No more funeral Masses in Down and Connor as other dioceses predicted to follow suit
- Irish News
- March 26, 2020, 17:05
The Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor has taken the lead in deciding there will be no funeral Masses held during the coronavirus crisis, with other (...)

Two weeks for NI parties to clinch deal on devolved government
- Irish News
- January 2, 2020, 01:00
Talks aimed at restoring Northern Ireland’s devolved government are to resume at Stormont on Thursday with less than two weeks for the parties to reac(...)

Bishops denounce Westminster attempt to bring abortion to North
- Irish News
- July 18, 2019, 01:00
Westminster has acted “in an unprecedented way” in its bid to introduce abortion in Northern Ireland, which will have “a devastating impact” on the ri(...)

Archbishop of Dublin role likely to become vacant in 2020
- Religion & Beliefs
- January 2, 2019, 00:58
Major change is imminent in the leadership of the Catholic Church in Ireland as bishops in some of its most significant dioceses approach the mandator(...)

Footage of gunman who shot James Donegan released
- Irish News
- December 5, 2018
The PSNI has appealed for assistance in identifying the gunman who shot dead 43-year-old James Donegan outside St Mary’s grammar school on the Glen Ro(...)

Stormont goes through another day of talks about talks
- Irish News
- October 8, 2018, 20:13
Sinn Féin has described as a “bit of a groundhog day” efforts by Northern Secretary Karen Bradley at Stormont to restart a talks process aimed at rest(...)

As much as he wishes it were otherwise Fr Michael McGinnity doesn’t expect Pope Francis will find time to deviate from his tight two-day itinerary and(...)

Bishop calls for ‘courageous leadership’ in the North
- Politics
- January 7, 2018, 17:11
A senior Catholic Church figure has called for imaginative and courageous leadership to lift Northern Ireland politics away from fear and stagnation. (...)

Diocese bans the ‘sign of peace’ amid Australian flu fears
- Religion & Beliefs
- January 6, 2018, 15:20
A Catholic diocese in Northern Ireland has suspended the “sign of peace” handshake in its Masses due to the risk of infection from a strain of the flu(...)