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Independent review critical of lack of progress on integrated education in Northern Ireland

Report states that outgoing Stormont Assembly has failed to “lead the planning, development and growth of integrated education”.

2017.03.05.

Tributes paid following death of much loved Derry bishop

“Bishop Edward was an iconic figure in the civic and Church life of Ireland, north and south. He truly lived and proclaimed the Good News of Jesus Christ and, in doing so, became a role model for all of us.”

2016.08.09.

‘Ireland and its Church have always been European’

“We may be facing a period of renewed nationalism, as well as strident regionalism within some current states,” Bishop McKeown warns.

2016.06.24.

Church leaders welcome WMoF announcement

The Pope has expressed his desire to attend and a visit by the Pope would bring great joy to Irish Catholics, but confirmation unlikely before the end of 2017.

2016.05.25.

‘Her death is a huge cross for her family’: Bishop

Sr Clare's "life and death have posed questions for many of her contemporaries – what is worthwhile doing in life, what makes a beautiful person, who we want as our idols?”

2016.05.03.

Primate visits Derry home of Buncrana victims

“At a time like this I realise that any words of mine are totally inadequate. The enormous tragedy that has struck this family has stunned us all into silence."

2016.03.24.

Too much emphasis on physical perfection: bishop

Church needs to challenge the consumer society which benefits from selling 'things' offering ‘salvation’ on the surface but neglect the inner reality of people’s lives.

2016.03.09.

Bishop warns schools not to prioritise league tables

"Jesus challenges our schools to prize mercy over an educational mannequin parade" - Bishop Donal McKeown of Derry.

2016.02.01.

The world is full of people crying out for healing

"Events from the past must be commemorated with mercy and never with arrogance, triumphalism or victimhood” - Bishop Donal McKeown.

2015.12.14.

Hundreds of Cursillo pilgrims finish walk in Knock

Annual five-day Cursillo camino ends at the National Shrine as pilgrims from Derry, Dublin, Cork and Belfast pour into Knock later today.

2015.07.19.

‘Ethical remembering’ course on Irish history

Jesuit recommends cross-community education and training course at TCD about the 1912-1922 period in Irish/British history.

2015.04.21.

Bishop Daly says 3,000 jobs would lift Derry

Unemployment is still one of Derry’s “big problems” along with the legacy of the conflict.

2015.04.16.

CofI bishop views artwork of Bogside residents

Bishop Ken Good viewed ‘The People’s Gallery’ during a one-day event called ‘Art, Faith and Peace – The Bogside Artists: the Story Behind the Murals’.

2015.04.12.

“The Church today cannot cling to the status quo”

“If you want to be a fisher of people you have to push the boat out": Bishop Donal McKeown.

2015.04.07.

SF Ard Fheis addressed by priest and minister

If reconciliation is to shape the future, then it cannot be left to politicians or to one party alone says founders of Belfast’s Four Corners Festival.

2015.03.10.

Singing trio The Priests join Nuncio at alma mater

Archbishop Brown pays tribute to past students serving the Church including Bishop Donal McKeown and Frs Martin and Eugene O'Hagan and Fr David Delargy.

2015.02.13.

Catholic & Protestant schoolgirls trade places in NI

The war in Northern Ireland is over and “we live in peace but we live apart" say students participating in documentary.

2014.12.16.

“While the war is over, the conflict is alive and well”

Bishop of Derry addresses the annual memorial service for those who died and were injured in the 1982 explosion at the Droppin’ Well disco in Ballykelly.

2014.12.10.

Community urged to ‘gather round’ Cuddihy family

The deaths of Jimmy and Kathleen Cuddihy “have caused tears, fear and anxiety in this parish and far beyond it” - Bishop Donal McKeown.

2014.10.29.

Bishop McKeown and 365 pilgrims visit Lourdes

Theme of 2014 Derry pilgrimage is ‘The joy of conversion’.

2014.07.02.

New bishop warns of shallow promises in bling and botox

Episcopal ordination of Bishop Donal McKeown of Derry in St Eugene's Cathedral.

2014.04.07.

New Bishop of Derry to be installed today

Bishop Donal McKeown intends to "be available and be accessible" to the people of Derry.

2014.04.06.

Archbishop challenges religious to ‘wake up’

"Religious have to learn to share their prayer life with others."

2014.02.06.

Church of Ireland’s first female bishop ordained

Congregation of over 500 attends “historic event” for the Anglican Church in Ireland.

2013.12.01.

Derry diocese holds Mass for deceased young people

Families and friends to come together to remember their loved ones.

2013.11.20.

Church of Ireland Appoints First Women Bishop

“Excited and daunted by this new adventure.”

2013.09.21.

Derry band headline fundraiser for Kenyan water project

Turkana rock dam will benefit thousands of people for at least 30 years.

2013.09.06.

Poet laid to rest in the soil of Bellaghy

Nobel Laureate's funeral Mass in Dublin followed by burial in Bellaghy cemetery in Derry.

2013.09.03.

Archbishop Martin leads tributes to poet Seamus Heaney

He was "at heart a quiet Irish man who wrote our story without rhetoric.”

2013.08.31.
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