Billy Kennedy

The Church of Ireland's first female bishop the Rev Pat Storey, bishop of Meath and Kildare since 2013, has made her farewell speech to the church’s general synod in Newcastle, Co Down, this week.

The board of education of the Church of Ireland has expressed its deep concern for the welfare of school principals, teachers, staff and governors due to the inadequate state of funding in education in Northern Ireland.

​The general synod of the Church of Ireland has taken major decisions to help its parishes adequately resolve difficult pastoral and personal situations if required.

​With the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland opening in early June, in a long-standing tradition, the Presbyterian Theological Faculty, Ireland (PTFI) has conferred an honorary doctorate of divinity degree on the church’s incoming moderator Rev Richard Kerr, to mark his forthcoming election to PCI’s highest office.

​Incoming Irish Methodist church president the Rev Dr Janet Unsworth cited the New Testament teaching of St Paul in her inaugural address at the Methodist church's annual conference in Belfast this week.

​Delegates to the Presbyterian Church's General Assembly have been told that the landscape of health and social care within the church family is vastly different today from the one in which many of the PCI’s services were established back in time.

​Church of Ireland primate Archbishop John McDowell says a global Anglican gathering taking place in Belfast for the first time will be "a fruitful opportunity" to take stock of the widely diverse Anglican family.

​Belfast is preparing to welcome 140 guests including bishops, clergy, laity and observers from five continents for the start tomorrow (Sunday) of the world meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC).

American country music has been intertwined with United States national pride since it emerged in the late 19th century from the' Hillbilly' folk culture and musical soundings of people in the Southern Appalachian region.

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