The Iona Institute https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html 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 ‘Start in your 20s’ leading demographer advises couples Over 1,700 Christian martyrs verified since turn of the century, says Vatican ‘Assisted dying’ legislation recedes into distance for now Is Being A Traditional Wife Now Politically Incorrect? Data rules may require deletion of baptism records, say EU Bishops 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 One in four Gen Zers will never have children, a new Iona study forecasts UN asked to recognise surrogacy as a new form of slavery Children in married, intact families half as likely to be depressed Bishops urge an end to massacres in Nigeria ‘Rock star’ Pope is energising Catholic youth Births worldwide dip below replacement rate for first time Florida AG to Catholic schools: ‘accept vaccine exemptions or lose funding’ Irish State discriminating against Catholic schools, UN hears Tánaiste decries lack of respect for life Harris signals demographic time-bomb ‘inevitable’ Christians blocked from entering UK to speak at religious liberty conference GP body attacked for not consulting members on 3-day wait Euthanasia vote follows World Suicide Prevention Day Govt launches plan to combat ‘Tradwives’ and ‘manosphere’ Time to repeal the law discriminating against Catholic schools Surrogate mother being sued for $100,000 after refusing abortion Islamists in Nigeria give Christians ultimatum Religion declined as the internet spread, new research claims ‘Tradwives’ experience lower rates of depression, new research shows Majority public support for ‘three-day wait’, new poll reveals 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 ICGP stance on three-day waiting period collapses under scrutiny Surrogate baby escapes abortion after judge orders life-saving care The multiple causes of falling fertility rates Good news as the House of Commons votes against ‘assisted dying’ ‘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