Trevor Gribben
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Installation of new Presbyterian Moderator to be attended by just four due to Covid-19
- Religion & Beliefs
- May 31, 2020, 17:10
The new Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Rev Dr David Bruce will become the 175th person to hold that office on Monday evening when he (...)

Deep rifts over Presbyterian Church’s hard line on same-sex marriage
- Religion & Beliefs
- October 21, 2019, 01:00
The recent dismissal of a Dublin-based Presbyterian Church elder is the latest example of a particularly hard line taken by the church against same-se(...)

Presbyterian General Assembly opens in Belfast
- Religion & Beliefs
- June 3, 2019, 00:14
Rev Dr William Henry (51) of Maze Presbyterian Church in Co Antrim will be formally installed as the new moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Irela(...)

Presbyterian ministers ‘hurt’ by hard line on same-sex couples
- Religion & Beliefs
- July 6, 2018, 01:04
A total of 232 Presbyterian ministers and elders have acknowledged “the profound sense of hurt, dismay and anger” felt in the church following decisio(...)

Republic's secularisation brings Protestant and Catholic churches closer
- Religion & Beliefs
- June 12, 2018, 01:00
The Republic of Ireland is apparently heading for hell and Northern Protestants have no intention of being dragged down that primrose path, according (...)

Presbyterian Church says same-sex couples can no longer be full members
- Religion & Beliefs
- June 8, 2018, 17:45
Same-sex couples can no longer be full members of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland nor can their children be baptised, the church’s general assembly(...)

Presbyterian Church leader allowed to meet pope in Ireland
- Religion & Beliefs
- June 7, 2018, 19:07
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland has agreed its moderator should meet Pope Francis when he visits Ireland in August, while it has also loosened ties(...)

Church leaders dismayed at vote to lift restrictions on abortion
- Religion & Beliefs
- May 27, 2018, 18:37
Ireland has “obliterated” the right to life of the unborn, and now stands on the brink of bringing in a liberal abortion regime, the Catholic primate (...)

Presbyterian Church urges ‘No’ vote in abortion referendum
- Religion & Beliefs
- April 30, 2018, 00:06
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland has called for retention of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, which recognises the equal right to life of m(...)

An important visit
- Editorial
- March 24, 2018
Confirmation this week that Pope Francis will attend the World Meeting of Families in Dublin next August is welcome news, in particular for the almost(...)