AS history shows, few issues have greater potential to cause division and strife among the people of the world than the vexed question of religion.

MOST Irish clergy have been ignoring one of the most important social, political and moral issues facing the Irish people in recent years.

The Church of Ireland Primate Archbishop Robin Eames has said that the North faces immense questions about the sort of society it wants to be.

THE Primate of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Archbishop of Armagh Seán Brady, has described Pope Benedict XVI as a man of great ability coupled with an uncluttered vision.

The Church of Ireland Primate Dr Robin Eames has described statistics on alcohol abuse and young people as frightening.

The Church of Ireland Primate, Archbishop Robin Eames, has praised the response of the Irish people to last Sunday's tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean.

Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party was under pressure today to spell out whether they wanted a political deal in Northern Ireland or not.

About 700 people attended a prayer service in Galway this afternoon for the victims of the Beslan tragedy and their families.

Church leaders in the North have welcomed yesterday’s apology from the IRA to innocent civilians killed in its 30-war campaign.

The leaders of the two main churches in the North are appealing to all the political parties to work through the present difficulties in the peace process.

An Irish priest who said Christ was neither a saviour nor divine was today hauled before senior churchmen and accused of heresy.

The funeral takes place today of the Antrim teenager, Gavin Brett, who was murdered by loyalists in Glengormley on Sunday night.