UK children’s charity Barnardo’s is looking for more same-sex couples and individuals to adopt, its head of adoption has said. Carolyn Oliver, head of adoption at the charity, says she wants to ensure homosexuals are aware of their adoption rights. She told PinkNews.co.uk: “We’re looking for gay couples and individuals – many still don’t realise...
The Iona Institute has won the annual ‘Lay Organisation of the Year’ Award from the Redemptorist publication, Reality. The award ceremony was held yesterday. The award was given in recognition of the work The Iona Institute is doing in many fields but in particular the work we are doing in raising awareness of the practical...
Fine Gael MEPs are set to support an amendment to the EU Budget which would prevent funding going to “coercive abortion, involuntary sterilization or infanticide”. The amendment is opposed by the National Council of Women in Ireland (NCWI). A vote is also set to take place to an amendment which calls on Parliament to ensure...
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin’s support for Protestant schools received warm applause at the Church of Ireland Dublin Glendalough diocesan synods in Dundrum last night. Archbishop Martin made his remarks on RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland yesterday, where he supported the stance of the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, Most Rev John Neill, and other members...
The Department of Education has sent a letter to the Catholic bishops asking them for a list of schools which they are prepared to hand over to other patrons, including the State. The move comes in advance of discussions set to begin next between the Church and the Department about the future of education in...
The Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, Dr John Neill, has accused the Department of Education of “a determined and doctrinaire” attack on Protestant schools. Referring to the Government’s decision after last year’s Budget to remove ancillary funding from voluntary Protestant secondary schools, Archbishop Neill said that it was his “distinct impression that the re-classification...
A leaked draft of the US Catholic Bishops pastoral letter on marriage is set to outline many of the modern threats to the institution, it has been reported. According to reports, the first section of the draft will focus on the importance of the family, and show how high divorce rates, cohabitation, same-sex unions and...
A children’s rights referendum could take place as early as next year after the Green Party insisted on it as part of the renegotiation of the Programme for Government. The Oireachtas committee discussing the amendment is seeking an another eight weeks to come up with a draft wording for the amendment, according to an Irish...
The Tory leader David Cameron described the family and community as his “DNA” as he laid out a vision which placed marriage at the centre of social policy for a future Conservative government. Stressing the importance of family, Mr Cameron said that “a stable, loving home is the most precious thing a child can have”....
Two of President Obama’s nominees to key positions in his Administration have radical records on issues of religious freedom and the family, it has emerged. Dawn Johnsen has been nominated to head the Office of Legal Counsel, and Chai Feldblum has nominated to join the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In 1988, Ms Johnsen was involved...
