A primary school teacher has used a conscience clause in a 40-year-old law to withdraw from teaching religious education (RE) ...

The minister adds that the RE syllabus will change to include other main religions and philosophical traditions.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Bloomberg) -- Catholics make up the biggest religious group in Northern Ireland for the first time since the state was formed a ...

A new curriculum for the teaching of religious education (RE) in Northern Irish schools will be developed following a Supreme ...

RE provision in NI to be reviewed but ‘Christianity will remain central’ – Givan - It comes after a Supreme Court judgment that Christian religious education at schools in the region does not comply ...

(AP) — The peace that came with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement 25 years ago has periodically threatened as Catholic and Protestants remain segregated in many ways. BELFAST, Northern Ireland ...

The Iona Institute was keen to compare the findings in both the north and south of Ireland, especially given the higher percentage of Protestant churches in the north. The All Ireland Rosary Rally has ...

LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland (RNS) — Derry’s growing population of Sikhs have been meeting in living rooms and kitchens since a fire destroyed one of only two gurdwaras in the country. LONDONDERRY, ...

BELFAST — With public religious services resuming in Northern Ireland, leaders have welcomed the return to worship and emphasized the dangers of isolation. Public Masses resumed in the region March 26 ...

Education Minister Paul Givan has responded to a landmark Supreme Court judgement on religion in schools by saying he has no plans to change school worship - and that Christianity will continue to ...

The first round of the 2021 Northern Irish census results were released on Sept. 22, and it produced a shocker: Catholics now outnumber Protestants for the first time since the Northern Irish state ...