Organist and Dean at loggerheads; RB McDowell’s legacies; Election of women bishops; Bishop of Cloyne appointed; Bishops reaffirm Roman Catholic moral teaching; NI Catholics ‘want to stay in UK’
1. – Organist and Dean at loggerheads
The Church Times report on Christ Church Cathedral allegation
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2012/10-august/news/world/organist-and-dean-at-loggerheads
http://www.herald.ie/news/i-was-bullied-into-quitting-says-choir-boss-3179131.html
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1116/1224326666992.html
2. – RB McDowell’s legacies to university and clubs
The TCD historian has made bequests including institutions in Dublin, London and his home city of Belfast
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/eccentric-historian-leaves-work-to-trinity-3304986.html
3. – Election of women bishops
Letter by the husband of the Dean of Kilkenny to Irish Times – Sir, – “All eyes in the Anglican Communion may now turn to the Church of Ireland to see if a woman is elected as a bishop for one of the two dioceses that are vacant”, states your editorial writer in reflecting upon the Church of England’s vote on …
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2012/1124/1224327043061.html
4. – Bishop of Cloyne appointed
Bishop Paul Colton has welcomed the appointment of the Bishop of Cloyne by the Pope. The Bishop-elect William Crean, from Kerry, has said he had accepted the post with “considerable trepidation”. The diocese had been at the centre of the church’s concerns on child protection.
http://www.thejournal.ie/new-bishop-of-cloyne-accepts-appointment-with-apprehension-688319-Nov2012/
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/1124/breaking6.html
5. – Bishops reaffirm Roman Catholic moral teaching
In the wake of public outcry following the refusal of an abortuob to an Indian lady in a Galwat hospital, the Catholic bishops in a letter read at masses yesterday reaffirmed their church’s teaching in this area.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/bishops-missive-reaffirms-catholic-moral-teaching-214920.html
6. – NI Catholics ‘want to stay in UK’
Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson tells the DUP conference he believes a majority of Catholics now support Northern Ireland staying within the UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20475919