The Iona Institute https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html MEPs ask special envoy to act on Pakistan’s forced conversions Madrid region extends family benefits to preborn children Number of children in Ireland continues to fall Catholic baptisms in Ireland drop 30pc in ten years Falling births help drive 30pc drop in Catholic baptisms Why secular Ireland shouldn’t celebrate the fall in baptisms Experts tout ‘economic benefits’ of fewer children ‘Assisted dying’ legislation recedes into distance for now Is Being A Traditional Wife Now Politically Incorrect? Violent attack leaves priest dead in Nigeria Singapore launches huge expansion of child-support Protection for freedom of religion ‘urgent’, Aid to the Church in Need hears Divorce surge is draining pension pots German politician who quit in surrogacy row would get soft treatment here One in four Gen Zers will never have children, a new Iona study forecasts EU Parliament condemns massacre of Christians in Nigeria France to finance reopening of Christian schools in Syria Children in married, intact families half as likely to be depressed Florida AG to Catholic schools: ‘accept vaccine exemptions or lose funding’ Irish State discriminating against Catholic schools, UN hears UK Prime Minister says ‘not now’ to euthanasia push Macron commemorates priest killed by Islamists 10 years ago Tánaiste decries lack of respect for life English Bishops call revived euthanasia bill ‘divisive and flawed’ Christians blocked from entering UK to speak at religious liberty conference Govt launches plan to combat ‘Tradwives’ and ‘manosphere’ Young people flock to hear popular podcasting priest Amnesty regrets calling British bishops “anti-rights” group Surrogate mother being sued for $100,000 after refusing abortion Big majority of childless 35-39 year olds still want children, UN survey says ‘Tradwives’ experience lower rates of depression, new research shows Surrogate mother fighting contracting parents who want baby aborted Dutch ‘bible belt’ bucks low fertility trends The slow demographic death of Europe Scholarship rules place undue burden on religious families, says lawsuit Baptism trends in Ireland The housewives aren’t so ‘desperate’ after all Adult baptisms increase in Germany even as baptized infants decline Assisted suicide deaths entitled to life insurance payouts, France rules Nuanced picture shows decline in faith not so stark Pope speaks to Christian youth who survived Islamic jihad in Iraq France legalises euthanasia after forceful push through Parliament Surrogate baby escapes abortion after judge orders life-saving care The multiple causes of falling fertility rates ‘Troubling’ rise in ‘risky’ telemedicine checks for abortion The Government’s plan to limit women’s opportunities Surrogacy akin to slavery, says Florida AG Irish Examiner raises alarm about fertility freefall Poland: new rules ‘unfairly marginalise’ religious education Time to repeal the law discriminating against Catholic schools