THE murder of honeymooner Michaela Harte was an “evil act”, mourners at her funeral were told.

A SENIOR Catholic Church leader yesterday publicly backed a campaign for an inquiry into the British Army killings of 11 people in west Belfast almost 40 years ago.

Government and society must have the guts to confront past wrongs in the North if the region is to look to a better future, a senior Catholic Church leader said today.

The Catholic Church is set to release eyewitness reports on an incident in West Belfast nearly 40 years ago when 11 people were killed.

The Catholic Church today backed calls for an independent inquiry into the British Army killings of 11 people in west Belfast almost 40 years ago.

The Pope today hailed the peace-building work of Ireland’s former Roman Catholic Primate, Cardinal Cahal Daly, as his body lay in state in Belfast.

Hundreds of mourners paid respects Cardinal Cahal Daly today as his remains were laid in state in a Belfast cathedral closely associated with his ministry.

The former head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Cahal Daly, will lie in state tomorrow in the cathedral closely linked to his ministry.

Politicians and church leaders today paid tribute to the legacy of Cardinal Cahal Daly, who died last night in Belfast City Hospital at the age of 92.

A second report on clerical abuse in the Catholic archdiocese of Dublin is to be published.

AUXILIARY Bishop of Dublin Eamonn Walsh has said he does not believe the inquiry into child abuse should be extended to the rest of the country.

IT’S time to show the red card to drinks companies’ sponsorship of sporting events, according to Catholic bishops.

Drinks companies should be banned from sponsoring sports to help tackle alcohol abuse, Catholic bishops claimed today.

CATHOLIC bishops have told their flock they are free to vote Yes to Lisbon without reserve and in good conscience.

Hundreds of mourners are attending the funeral today of the 15-year-old Catholic schoolboy who was beaten to death by a loyalist gang in Ballymena earlier this month.

Campaigners for the reopening of a Catholic church in North Belfast have celebrated Christmas Mass on the street.

Unionist political leaders were accused today of “almost soliciting” the loyalist violence which erupted in Northern Ireland a week ago.

The Easter Rising must not be hijacked by any organisation for its own selfish purposes, a Catholic bishop told a 1916 commemoration ceremony today.

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A bishop at the funeral of Jean McConville, murdered more than 30 years ago by the IRA, said today her killers had touched the depths of depravity.

The Bishop of Down and Connor, Dr Patrick Walsh, has accused the Ulster Defence Association of murdering Catholic teenager Gerard Lawlor out or raw sectarian hatred.

Security forces in the North have described as "nonsense" the claim by David Trimble, that republicans could be responsible for the death of the Catholic youth shot dead in Antrim yesterday.