(The Conversation) — A church service marking Northern Ireland’s centenary has stirred up debate. But amid the past few years’ tensions, the island’s Christian leaders have coordinated closely. (The ...

Despite historic clashes, Roman Catholic and Protestant leaders have come together during the pandemic around Brexit, the legacy of the Troubles, and other issues that span both sides of the border.

TIME was very much on the minds of clergy, the congregation and distinguished guests as we gathered in St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast last Sunday to celebrate two significant anniversaries. The next ...

The climate crisis is to be the focus of an all-Ireland conference exploring how Christian communities can take action.

Once deemed the “most Catholic country,” Ireland now has a population that is struggling in their relationship with Catholicism. “People are rejecting something they don’t even remember,” says Malachi ...

Immigration has brought huge changes to Northern Ireland over the last decade, and religious life has been impacted as well. Migrants are not only joining local congregations, but setting up their own ...

Church leaders from the island of Ireland will attend a seminar in Rome to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. In a shared statement they said the visit is taking place at a time ...

I entered the seminary in Dublin in October 1962, just one week before the opening of the Second Vatican Council. The winter of 1962-63 was one of the bleakest in decades, and our seminary was a very ...

Thirty-six Catholic religious congregations in the State have offered 450 rooms in convents, retreat centres, former student accommodation, and houses for Ukrainian refugees. The Association of ...

LP Hartley wrote in his 1953 novel The Go-Between that “the past is a foreign country: they do things differently there”. Increasingly Northern Ireland is becoming a foreign "country" where the ...