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Church services â The Irish Times
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (1026+ words) Church services The Irish Times Week beginning Saturday, September 12th, 2026....
Chinese embassy tried to block Falun Gong members from taking part in St Patrick’s Day parade – The Irish Times
1+ week, 5+ day ago (628+ words) China’s embassy in Ireland tried to block members of the Falun Gong spiritual organisation from participating...In an unusual intervention, the personal assistant to the Chinese ambassador to Ireland strongly lobbied...been persecuted in China – marched in the parade despite…...
Catholic baptisms in Ireland fall by nearly a third
3+ week, 4+ day ago (606+ words) Meath, Ireland Over the 10 years from 2015-2025 in which baptisms have fallen, births on the island of...Ireland have fallen by 18.8 per cent....Births fell by 17.9 per cent in the Republic of Ireland and 21.3 per cent in Northern Ireland....The Irish…...
Baptisms in Ireland see dramatic drop of 30% in a decade
2+ week, 5+ day ago (715+ words) DUBLIN (OSV News) ─ Baptisms in the Catholic Church in Ireland have fallen by almost a third since 2015..., with just one Irish diocese seeing any positive change, a new report shows....Hostility toward the Church is also widely prevalent in Ireland…...
Irish baptisms fall by 30% over ten years
3+ week, 5+ day ago (595+ words) Mary’s pro-Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland....4.0, Link New research has found that annual baptisms have fallen by 30% over the last ten years in Ireland...the ten year period which the research looks at, it was also shown that births in the Republic…...
‘My proposal was to stop Confirmation’: Ireland’s ageing priests under pressure as numbers drop – The Irish Times
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (1472+ words) Fr Seamus Ahearne is turning 80 in November but shows no signs of slowing down and continues to serve in Greater Finglas Parish in north Dublin. “We’ve not fully amalgamated the three parishes here,” he says, referring to the St Canice’s…...
Infant Jesus of Prague Heads to Ireland
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (226+ words) Date: 31 August 2026, Venue: Prague Before travelling to Ireland, the statue was solemnly blessed on...Mayor of Prague, Bohuslav Svoboda, and the project initiator, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Ireland...I am delighted that it will now serve as a…...
Dramatic drop in Catholic baptisms across island of Ireland
3+ week, 6+ day ago (429+ words) The number of Catholic baptisms on the island of Ireland fell 30 per cent in the decade to last year,...In Derry, another large Northern Ireland diocese by population, there was a drop of 26 per cent in baptisms...It notes over…...
Baptisms in Ireland see dramatic drop of 30 per cent in a decade
2+ week, 5+ day ago (749+ words) By Ruadhán Jones, OSV News Baptisms in the Catholic Church in Ireland have fallen by almost a third since...2015, with just one Irish diocese seeing any positive change, a new report shows....Hostility toward the Church is also widely prevalent…...
Slippery slope: Northern Ireland’s new draft RE Syllabus
2+ week, 3+ day ago (498+ words) The consultation on Northern Ireland’s proposed new Religious Education syllabus presents Christians...The syllabus recognises Christianity’s enduring role in shaping Northern Ireland’s culture, values, institutions...Children will increasingly encounter Christianity, not as the truth basis that has shaped…...