Plunging marriage and birth rates show Ireland is now on the wrong course in very important ways, a new paper…
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A new report by the Irish Hospice Foundation on “Dying, Death and Bereavement in Ireland” says that as Ireland ages, demand for palliative care is going to increase hugely. The report says that 350,000 people experience bereavement each year, around...
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A new report from the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) warns that Ireland is sleepwalking into a demographic crisis. For the first time, that warning is coming from an important State-funded body. NESC is an independent advisory body that...
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The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) has accused the European Union of ‘ideological discrimination’ after being excluded from EU funding. In recent months, FAFCE applied for six EU-funded projects focusing on demographic decline, youth policy and child...
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After decades of steady decline, the proportion of Americans who identify as Christians appears to have stabilised, according to a major new survey by the Pew Research Center. Moreover, the youngest age group surveyed – the 18-24-year-olds – seems to...
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What happens when a person converts from one religion to another, or abandons religion altogether? A major new report charts exactly this, and a big finding is that “Conversion into Christianity appears to provide meaning, coherence, and social integration, whilst...
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The UK Supreme Court has delivered an important judgment on religious education in a Northern Ireland State primary school, ruling that the current way religion is taught amounts to ‘indoctrination’, and that the right to withdraw a child from RE...
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An atheist group in Greece has taken a case to the European Court of Human Rights seeking to have religious symbols removed from public buildings, especially courts. If the court…
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On Saturday May 3, 2025, Maria Steen (pictured) delivered a talk called “Evangelium Vitae at 30 – Pope John Paul…
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