Annual ethical review adoptedThe Church of Ireland last year withdrew investments in British Aerospace following an ethical reviewWed May 17 2000 - 01:00
Synod debates world's debtA speaker at the General Synod yesterday said the cancellation of debt owed by the world's poorest countries "should be no business…Wed May 17 2000 - 01:00
Drumcree issue comes up in the form of a jokeOnly one speaker at the Church of Ireland Synod yesterday spoke about Drumcree, and he told a jokeTue May 16 2000 - 01:00
Synod adopts plan to reduce number of representativesThe Church of Ireland Synod adopted a report yesterday which could see representation at the synod radically reduced in future…Tue May 16 2000 - 01:00
Dr Eames sees attitudes hardeningThe Church of Ireland Primate, Dr Robin Eames, said yesterday he had come to believe during the past 12 months that "attitudes…Tue May 16 2000 - 01:00
Tabloid press falls upon Mary of MagdalaSeismic tremors passed through civic and religious circles in the city this week following revelations in the Palestine Times…Mon May 15 2000 - 01:00
C of I synod calls for abortion to be made illegal in most casesA report prepared for the Church of Ireland General Synod has proposed that abortion be made illegal, while being permitted in…Mon May 15 2000 - 01:00
Damage to judiciary discountedThe Chief Justice, Mr Justice Keane, has said he does not believe the judiciary was damaged by recent controversiesMon May 15 2000 - 01:00
Friends remember Mary CumminsShe was "both deeply attractive and slightly alarming. You wanted to impress her... in the Pavilion on summer Sunday nights.Mon May 15 2000 - 01:00
CORI seeks urgent meeting with Government on asylum-seekersThe Conference of Religious of Ireland, which represents the Catholic religious orders, has sought an urgent meeting with the…Sat May 13 2000 - 01:00
Minister announces review of service for driving testsAn independent review of the driver-testing service has been announced by the Minister of State for the Environment, Mr Bobby…Thu May 11 2000 - 01:00
More progress in ecumenics urgedIreland had made great progress in economics but Ireland should make more progress in ecumenics, the theologian Father Hans Kung…Tue May 09 2000 - 01:00
Community urged to help with vocationsThe Christian community must become more aware of its responsibility to provide vocations, the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Desmond…Tue May 09 2000 - 01:00
Golf club allows women to compete but only men can winIt's still a man's world in golfFri May 05 2000 - 01:00
Catholic Church reports £7.2m rise in money collected in Dublin archdioceseMoney collected for the Catholic Church in the Dublin archdiocese during the year to June 1999 was £35.92 million, a £7Fri May 05 2000 - 01:00
Humanists criticise Dr Daly over remarks on secularismCardinal Cahal Daly has been accused of "a form of incitement to hatred" by the Association of Irish HumanistsThu May 04 2000 - 01:00
Theology conference cancelled due to lack of interestA major millennium conference planned by St Patrick's College, Maynooth, has had to be cancelled due to lack of interest.Wed May 03 2000 - 01:00
Government should dissociate itself from Healy-Rae comments - QuinnThe Labour Party leader has cal led on the Minister for Justice to "totally dissociate" the Government from comments made by …Wed May 03 2000 - 01:00
Secularism more threatening than Nazism - cardinalCardinal Cahal Daly has said secularism is "more anonymous and more subtle than either Nazism or Communism were" as a threat …Tue May 02 2000 - 01:00
Standing on Paschal ceremonyThe Greek Orthodox Easter Saturday Paschal vigil is not for the faint-heartedMon May 01 2000 - 01:00
Animal rights activists threaten the pale GalileanThe preacher Jesus has been speaking in the towns and villages of the Galilee and Decapolis provinces all week and once more …Mon May 01 2000 - 01:00
Orthodox priest supports amnesty for asylum-seekersThe parish priest of Ireland's only Christian Orthodox Church has supported the suggestion by the Catholic bishops' committee…Mon May 01 2000 - 01:00
Asylum-seeker policy criticised by Muslim clericOne of Ireland's most senior Muslim clerics, Imam Al-Hussein, has strongly criticised the Government's asylum-seekers policySat Apr 29 2000 - 01:00
Lough Derg to begin walks and one-day retreatsThe jubilee pilgrimage season at Lough Derg, Co Donegal, begins on Monday with a series of one-day retreatsSat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
Church is being pushed to the margins of Irish life, priest claimsFather Gerard Moloney, editor of Reality, the Redemptorist publication, has said that "increasingly, there are attempts to deny…Sat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
Union warns on rising cost of medical litigationThe Medical Defence Union last night said there was a medical negligence litigation crisis in Ireland.Sat Apr 08 2000 - 01:00
Missing preacher found alive and well in desertJerusalem, AD 30: Stories in the city that the missing preacher Jesus has been seen alive and well have been corroborated by …Mon Mar 27 2000 - 01:00
Pope returns to Rome after week-long visit to Holy LandPope John Paul returned to Rome last night at the end of his week-long pilgrimage to the Holy Land.Mon Mar 27 2000 - 01:00
End of a recurring nightmare (Part 1)A year after the genocide of 1994 in Rwanda I visited Ntarama, a village near the capital Kigali, where Tutsis had been mown …Mon Mar 27 2000 - 01:00
Barak says Pope's visit carries `highly important message about peace'The Israeli Prime Minister, Mr Ehud Barak, has described Pope John Paul's visit to his country as "an event of immense historic…Sat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00
Israel sees Pope's words as `important' to reconciliationA senior Israeli government minister has said Pope John Paul's speech at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Hall in Jerusalem…Fri Mar 24 2000 - 00:00
Pope issues plea on Palestinian rightsPope John Paul repeated his call for a Palestinian homeland as "a natural right" on his arrival at Bethlehem in the autonomous…Thu Mar 23 2000 - 00:00
Mass on Manger Square to begin `Palestine Day' of visitPope John Paul begins his day today with a Mass on Manger Square in Bethlehem this morningWed Mar 22 2000 - 00:00
Pope gets relaxed welcome to Jordan by a young kingIt was, to quote a headline from an Amman newspaper, "a religious affair with political overtones"Tue Mar 21 2000 - 00:00
Water, wine and a sense of humourBethany, A.D. 30 - A close friend of the preacher Jesus, who has not been seen for weeks, has said he is probably in the Judean…Mon Mar 20 2000 - 00:00
Call for laws to curb religious `frauds'Judaea, AD30: - Reports that the preacher Jesus has disappeared have been greeted with consternation and derision in Palestine…Mon Mar 13 2000 - 00:00
Losers, wimps hailed as `good guys'A mountain, Galilee, A.D. 30: The preacher Jesus has denied that a programme he outlined yesterday is "a charter for losers"Mon Mar 06 2000 - 00:00
Irish aid agencies report positive response to Mozambique appealUnited Nations agencies have received more than $32 million in financial contributions to help up to a million victims of the…Sat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00
Pope invites prayers for Holy Land visitPope John Paul has invited all Christians "to accompany me with their prayers" on his visit to the Holy Land later this month…Sat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00
Asylum-seekers plan rejectedThe Irish Refugee Council has rejected a proposal to introduce "flotels" to house asylum-seekersSat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00
Two principles in conflict over bloodThe relevant Biblical text which is interpreted by the Jehovah's Witnesses as preventing them from taking blood transfusions …Fri Mar 03 2000 - 00:00
Pope is inspired by spirit of Mt SinaiAt what was probably the most intimate public gathering he has addressed for some time, Pope John Paul II said in Egypt at the…Mon Feb 28 2000 - 00:00
A second-class sex?At the Last Supper, according to scriptural accounts, Jesus broke bread and drank wine with his 12 apostles, all men, and exhorted…Mon Feb 28 2000 - 00:00
Kings from East trick HerodJerusalem, AD30 - The authorities in Judea have reacted with fury to a story in the current issue of Magi magazine which claims…Mon Feb 28 2000 - 00:00
Pope stresses call for Christian unityPope John Paul made a strong plea for greater moves towards Christian unity at an ecumenical meeting with church leaders in Cairo…Sat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00
First papal visit to Egypt beginsPope John Paul II arrived yesterday afternoon in Egypt on the first papal visit to that countryFri Feb 25 2000 - 00:00
Rosemary Nelson among peace award recipientsAmong recipients of the 11th annual Peace People of the Year Awards (1999) in Dublin yesterday was the late Ms Rosemary Nelson…Tue Feb 22 2000 - 00:00
Zealots blamed for heckler's protestCapernaum, AD30 - A possibly dangerous situation was pre-empted in Capernaum yesterday when a protester began shouting at the…Mon Feb 21 2000 - 00:00
TCD provost joins the Arts CouncilDr Tom Mitchell, provost of Trinity College Dublin, has been appointed to the Arts CouncilSat Feb 19 2000 - 00:00
Special award to Patrick Mason presented by Thomas KilroyThe Special Tribute Award was made to Patrick Mason, formerly artistic director of the Abbey Theatre, who said his first reaction…Mon Feb 14 2000 - 00:00
