3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (88+ words) Gript Pastor Sharon Perry, who was dragged through the courts for holding an Easter service while battling severe physical pain, has said she is “actually quite shocked” that the State is still pursuing Covid prosecutions in 2026. Speaking to Gript this…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (782+ words) Gript No one in Poland has banned the teaching of religion in schools. No law has been passed, no constitutional amendment adopted, and no concordat with the Holy See renounced. Yet a series of regulatory decisions is making religious instruction…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (753+ words) Our paper put the split between the two causes of falling baptisms, namely the decline in births combined with rising secularism at roughly 60/40. If we were to repeat this exercise in another ten years, it’s likely we will record a…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (82+ words) gript.ie The number of Catholic baptisms taking place on the island of Ireland has fallen by 30% over the past ten years. In a briefing note published this week, The Iona Institute reported that the sharp downturn has been driven…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (517+ words) A new briefing note from The Iona Institute, based on data from almost every Catholic diocese on the island of Ireland has found that over the past 10 years, the number of baptisms taking place annually has fallen by 30pc. The research…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (97+ words) American Catholic priest Fr. Mike Schmitz brought his Parables Tour to Dublin last night, drawing a crowd of approximately 1,600 to the National Stadium and packing St. Kevin’s Church on Harrington Street to the rafters. The narrator and guide of the…...