Christianity is one of the greatest strengths Europe has, and if it is lost, “we will be condemned to the erosion of the European spirit,” the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek (pictured), has said. He defended the display of Christian symbols in public spaces. In an address at the European Prayer Breakfast, Mr...
A senior High Court judge in the UK is launching a foundation to defend marriage and reduce of the “scourge of society” of family breakdown. Sir Paul Coleridge wants to halt the “appalling and costly impact of family breakdown” and said people are looking to “recycle” partners instead of trying to fix their marriages, according...
The Government is considering an outright ban on parents smacking their children, Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald (pictured) has confirmed. A new law to ban corporal punishment in the home is one of two options under consideration, according to an Irish Times report. The other is an amendment to existing laws to restrict the circumstances...
A Supreme Court judgment delivered last month may make it easier for the children of married couples to be adopted, according to a child law expert. Geoffrey Shannon (pictured), the Government’s rapporteur on child protection and chairman of the Adoption Authority said the ruling also has implications for the children’s rights referendum. The ruling, delivered...
Shops could soon be banned from selling sexually suggestive clothing such as padded bras to children if new guidelines being considered for retailers are passed. The move comes after concerns were expressed last year after it emerged that padded bras for girls as young as nine that were available for purchase in Irish stores, including...
Christians are still the largest religious group in the world number 2.2 billion in total, according to a new study. The research, compiled by the Pew Research Forum on Religion & Public Life, shows that most Christians now live in Africa, Asia and the Americas rather than Europe. Around one-quarter of the world’s Christian’s live...
Fathers in the UK may have to sign their child’s birth certificate under new proposals being considered by the Government. The idea is just one of a number of options being considered by the Prime Minister David Camerson in a bid to bolster the role of the father in UK society. It is thought by...
The rise in the number children born outside marriage in the US is being now being driven by a big increase in the number of children who are born to cohabiting couples, according to a new study. More than one-half of non-marital births occur within cohabiting relationships. In 2001, 52 percent of all nonmarital births...
Parenting is easier for those with partners, whether cohabiting or married, but married parents report the highest levels of happiness, according to a new report. The report, ‘When Baby Makes Three, How Parenthood Makes Life Meaningful and How Marriage Makes Parenthood Bearable’, also found that married parents experience more meaning in their lives than their...
Peter Tatchell (pictured), one of Britain’s leading gay rights activist has offered to testify in defence of a Christian employee who was disciplined because of comments he made online about same-sex civil partnerships. Tatchell, founder of the gay rights group OutRage, has offered his support to Adrian Smith, a housing manager with Trafford Housing Trust,...
