Lowest ever marriage and birth rates show Ireland is on the wrong course says new Iona paper


Plunging marriage and birth rates show Ireland is now on the wrong course in very important ways, a new paper…

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By Dr Angelo Bottone

Last year, Italy, my country, recorded just 355,000 births in a population of about 59 million. That corresponds to a fertility rate of 1.14 children per woman of childbearing age, one of the lowest in Europe and indeed in the...

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Some months back the Department of Education invited all parents with children aged 12 or below to state what kind of school they would like to send their children to. The most important question was whether they wanted their local...

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The results of the Department of Education survey on the future of primary schools in Ireland show surprisingly strong continuing support for denominational education, despite church attendance now being relatively low and the percentage of people who say they are...

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Last year there was great excitement in Christian circles in Britain and elsewhere when a new report was published called ‘The Quiet Revival’. Based on a huge poll by YouGov, it seemed to show a very big increase in regular...

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There was good news from Scotland last week when the Scottish parliament voted by 69 votes to 57 to reject a Bill to legalise assisted suicide. This was not expected when the Bill first reared its head and especially as...

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Having taken part in a fair few of them myself, I am generally drawn to debates between theists and atheists about whether there is a God, or whether we need a God, or whether religion does more harm than good....

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Dana claims “anti-Christian” bias after legal settlement against Irish Times and Meta


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Pope John Paul II’s Gospel of Life at 30 – A talk by Maria Steen

On Saturday May 3, 2025, Maria Steen (pictured) delivered a talk called “Evangelium Vitae at 30 – Pope John Paul…

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