Northern Ireland

In focus: Catholics in Northern Ireland, tensions in Nicaragua, Church workers kidnapped in Cameroon

This “moving and memorable drama” is “buoyed by several outstanding performances and guided by values believing moviegoers will find thoroughly congenial.”

Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, Northern Ireland, has joined other Christian leaders in appealing for “prayerful support” from congregations for a service to mark the centenary of the division of the Island of Ireland.

In the spotlight: Death of a prince, Northern Ireland unrest, the plight of migrants

Politicians in Northern Ireland rejected an “extreme” new abortion law imposed on the province from Parliament in London.

The Catholic bishops of Northern Ireland have asked the U.K. government to include a mandatory waiting period for women who request abortions under a new law.

Northern Ireland’s Catholic and Protestant leaders said the British Parliament decided to impose abortion in Northern Ireland without consulting the people.