Bishop Donal McKeown
Mary Kelly: Catholic Church decline irreversible unless discrimination against women stops
Why is it still not even worth raising the possibility that Mother Church should maybe stop discriminating against half the population?
Editorial: Catholic Church confronting collapse in numbers of priests
There have been warnings before from the Catholic Church about the challenges associated with the decline in the number of priests but rarely has the alarm been sounded as clearly and as loudly as it has this week by Bishop Donal McKeown.
Priest shortage will mean not every family can have Requiem Mass, bishop warns
Bishop Donal McKeown warned that priest numbers in Down and Connor will reduce by nearly half in the next 10 years
Bishop to honour factory girls at Cathedral anniversary
Bishop of Derry Donal McKeown is to wear vestments made by a former shirt factory worker to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of St Eugene’s Cathedral on Sunday.
Bishop Donal McKeown will 'rise to the challenge' of running two large Catholic dioceses
BISHOP Donal McKeown will "rise to the challenge" of running two large Catholic dioceses, despite the "huge responsibility" he will have to undertake, a leading religious commentator has said.
Bishop of Derry appointed to oversee second diocese of Down and Connor
A SENIOR Bishop in Derry has been appointed to temporarily take over the running of a second northern diocese.
Parish granted reprieve in Derry diocesan clerical changes
A CATHOLIC parish in Derry city has been given a reprieve following fears it was to be amalgamated with a larger neighbouring parish because of the fall in numbers and vocations to the priesthood.
Tree of Peace planted to mark John Hume's second anniversary
A 'Tree of Peace' in honour of John and Pat Hume has been planted in the grounds of St Eugene’s Cathedral to mark the second anniversary of the death of the Nobel laureate.