Paddy Donnelly obituary Other lives: Photographer who documented apartheid South Africa and helped to maintain archival records of the era The Guardian - UK · Oct 23
Treasury ‘key blocker’ of UK-led debt relief programmes to help developing countries IN FOCUS: Advocacy groups tell The Independent that growing support from MPs and ministers for more ambitious UK-led debt relief is being held back by resistance from the Treasury. Nick Ferris reports The Independent UK · Jul 14
How debt relief for developing countries could help reverse the devastating consequences of UK aid cuts IN FOCUS: Exclusive: New analysis finds that debt relief for developing countries – which the UK could play a key role in orchestrating – could more than offset the impact of UK aid cuts. Nick Ferris reports The Independent UK · Feb 23
Pope Francis was a passionate climate advocate. Will Pope Leo XIV continue his legacy? Experts say that Robert Francis Prevost aligns closely with Pope Francis’ environmental priorities. Here’s what we know so far. Euronews · May 9, 2025
Pope Francis’s funeral to be ‘symbol of humility’ – head of Catholic aid group Some 150,000 people have passed by Francis’s coffin over the past three days as he lay in state in St Peter’s Basilica. Evening Standard · Apr 25, 2025
Young Rohingya men are being forced to fight as foot soldiers on both sides of Myanmar’s brutal civil war SPECIAL DISPATCH: Four years after Myanmar’s military coup sparked gunfighting, torture, rape and arson in Rakhine state, young Rohingya men are now being forcibly conscripted to fight for both the junta and the rebels. Shweta Sharma reports from Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2025
Break the cycle of debt and dependency that stunts developing countries’ growth Letter: The Jubilee 2000 saw $130bn of debt written off, and yet we now find ourselves in a renewed global debt crisis, says Maria Finnerty of Cafod The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2024
South Sudan ‘failed’ by international aid system as food crisis intensifies Catholic charity Cafod says local NGOs are best placed to respond on the frontline but are being cut out of the process The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023
Help world’s poor as well as Ukraine, say faith charities as pope visits South Sudan An open letter, backed by opinion poll, urges the UK to restore aid budget on eve of a three-day ‘pilgrimage for peace’ in the east African country The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023
114 tributes, death and funeral notices from across Merseyside Loved ones have paid tribute to those who have passed away in recent weeks Liverpool Echo · Jan 29, 2023
Afghan activist who fled country says ‘from anywhere we can support women’ ‘I really hope the situation gets better and women can have their basic rights in Afghanistan,’ she said. The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2022
"People felt that he was a friend": County Durham church pays tribute to Fr Dermott Donnelly Much-loved priest set up Emmaus Youth Village while he served as youth minister in the parish of St Mary's in Blackhill, Consett Chronicle Live · Jul 12, 2022
Ant McPartlin pays tribute to 'kindest man I knew' Dec Donnelly's brother The diocese of Hexham and Newcastle were the first to announce the news of Fr Dermott's death on Friday afternoon, with Declan, 46, paying tribute to his later brother shortly after Daily Mirror · Jul 9, 2022
Ant McPartlin pays tribute to Declan Donnelly's brother Father Dermot after his death Father Dermot, 55, has died aged 55 Wales Online · Jul 9, 2022
The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2022 Ant McPartlin pays tribute to Father Dermott as the ‘kindest’ man he knew Father Dermott Donnelly, brother of Declan Donnelly, died peacefully in hospital on Friday afternoon.