Princess Charlotte was christened in front of the Queen and close family and friends at the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Norfolk.

The Church of England is appointing its first female bishop.

The daughter of a couple tragically killed in their Co Donegal home has pleaded with people with mental health problems to get professional help.

Women bishops could be appointed by the end of this year in the Church of England after legislation backing the move was given final approval by the General Synod.

The UK's Energy Secretary Ed Davey has hailed a landmark deal to build Britain’s first new nuclear plant in a generation which will double the market rate to be paid by customers.

CATHOLIC bishops are waiting to see the details of guarantees on the Lisbon treaty before indicating their position on it, Most Rev Diarmuid Martin, the Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, has said.

THE murder of Limerick businessman Roy Collins was yesterday condemned by the Bishop of Limerick, Dr Donal Murray, as “utter madness” which strikes at all of us.

THE Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Most Rev Diarmuid Martin has, for some time now, been preparing us for the report of the Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation into clerical sex abuse.

The retired Bishop of Waterford and Lismore Michael Russell has died aged 80 years, the Catholic Church said today.

THE Minister for Children Barry Andrews has, after five months of incomprehensible and damaging silence, found it appropriate to question the position of the Bishop of Cloyne, the Most Rev John Magee, over how allegations of child abuse were handled in his diocese.

WE congratulate the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, Most Rev John Neill, on his courageous and thought-provoking criticism of the US military and CIA use of Shannon airport.

THERE will not be a national day of mourning for the Pope, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said yesterday.

THE Dublin City and County Book of Honour of the Great War 1914-1918 was part of the homily at 11am Mass in the Pro Cathedral, Dublin, on Sunday, November 14.

The survey published yesterday by the Catholic Church in Ireland into child sexual abuse by the clergy, is a damning indictment of the lack of compassion the hierarchy showed in handling cases, and, indeed, their willingness to accept that the scandal existed in the first place.

A Cambridge University-educated protestant Bishop, who was at the forefront of sweeping changes which enabled women to be ordained, was elected as the Archbishop of Dublin today.

One of the leading contenders to become the next Archbishop of Canterbury has denounced the US-led military action in Afghanistan as ‘‘tainted’’ and ‘‘an embarrassment’’, it was reported today.