Church leaders call for political parties to ‘Go the extra mile’ Ireland’s Church leaders have written to the leaders of the ve main political parties involved in the Northern Ireland talks process. They strongly encouraged them “to go the extra mile” to create an accommodation…

Church of Ireland parish praised for ‘friendship and goodwill’ Two different Christian denominations recently began sharing the same place of worship in an example of neighbourliness and friendship. When it was learned that St Mary’s Roman Catholic church in Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, would be closed…

Promoting online safety Eric Schmidt, Google’s former CEO, has remarked that “children and young people today are either asleep or online.” Added to this, statistics released by the NSPCC indicating a 26 per cent rise in online sexual offences in Northern Ireland over the last…

Mission possible? As eye-catching headlines go, it was certainly a good one. ‘Embrace missional challenge or close church doors Archbishop of Armagh tells General Synod’ was the front-page headline in The Church of Ireland Gazette on 15th May 2015. Jerry Greenfield is the co-founder of…

Global ecumenical initiative on health and healing Convening a range of international representatives and partners in Geneva on 24th May, the World Council of Churches reiterated its commitment to the ministry of health and healing for all people, taking new steps towards a new Global…

WCC delegation on two-day visit to Zimbabwe A delegation of Church leaders, led by World Council of Churches General Secretary the Revd Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, was recently received on a courtesy visit in Harare by Zimbabwe Vice-President Emmersom Mnangagwa and government of cials. The…