The Most Revd Dr Robin Eames, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland, preached at the reopening and rededication of St Patrick's Cathedral Armagh on Friday 30 April.
04 May 2004
The Belfast Islamic Council and the Select Vestry of St Thomas's Parish Church in South Belfast met for the first time this week to begin a dialogue aimed at developing greater understanding between Muslims and Christians.
30 April 2004
The Church of Ireland General Synod meeting in Armagh in May will be challenged to set a new agenda for change in the church's ministry over the next ten years.
01 April 2004
To mark the publication a press release issued today stated that the Rt Revd Harold Miller, Bishop of Down and Dromore and chairman of the church's Liturgical Advisory Committee had said, "This is a very fine production by Columba Press and in my view the most beautiful Prayer Book we have ever seen in the Church of Ireland.
24 March 2004
In the past few days the Primate, as chairman of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s International Commission, has held discussions in the Diocese of Virginia with representatives of those supportive and opposed to the election and consecration of the Rt Revd Gene Robinson as the first openly gay bishop in the Anglican Communion. Bishop Robinson was consecrated in New Hampshire on 2 November 2003.
04 February 2004
The Church of Ireland today announced plans to deal positively with differences both within the church and in society. In a new initiative, the church has set up a committee to respond to lessons learned from a scoping study of members’ attitudes to sectarianism and living with differences.
30 January 2004
A crying newborn child is at the centre of the Christian meaning of Christmas. Born in a stable ‘because there was no room in the Inn’ to parents who went unnoticed in a crowded city, surrounded by dirt and deprivation far removed from a regal atmosphere the Prince of Peace, the son of God, came into this world as a symbol of poverty.
15 December 2003
The decision of the Episcopal Church of the United States to endorse the appointment of Canon Gene Robinson as bishop of the diocese of New Hampshire has provoked a crisis for the Anglican Communion.
26 September 2003
The Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd Dr Robin Eames, and the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd John Neill, have urged the international community to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Iraq.
14 April 2003
As military action in Iraq commences we remember in our prayers all those whose lives are in danger throughout the Middle East.
20 March 2003