One in four Gen Zers will never have children, a new Iona study forecasts


One in four members of ‘Gen Z’ look set never to have children, a new paper from the Iona Institute…

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By Dr Angelo Bottone

Family stability should be recognised as a core component of any child poverty strategy, according to a new report from the UK Centre for Social Justice. The reason? Stable relationships provide a platform for economic progress. Governments usually approach child...

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Tomorrow marks the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence which includes the famous words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,...

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The latest Rotunda Hospital annual report contains a deeply troubling finding: three-quarters of babies found to have Down Syndrome via a prenatal test are aborted. This is obviously modern-day eugenics. The report shows that in 2024, the hospital’s Fetal Medicine...

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When issues like abortion or euthanasia are debated, opponents issue warnings about the ‘slippery slope’ and predict that the ‘floodgates will open’. By this they mean that after either one is introduced, the grounds for it will expand, and the...

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In many parts of the world today, people are having few children than they want. A new report from Canada confirms this phenomenon. A report from The Iona Institute last week predicts that one in four members of Gen Z...

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One in four members of ‘Gen Z’ look set never to have children, a new paper from the Iona Institute forecasts. The paper is called ‘Choice or Circumstance? Rising Childlessness in Ireland’. The document examines trends in childlessness by generation...

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France to finance reopening of Christian schools in Syria


President Emmanuel Macron has announced that French-speaking Christian schools in Syria which had been closed by the previous regime will reopen with funding from the French State. He made the…

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Pope John Paul II’s Gospel of Life at 30 – A talk by Maria Steen

On Saturday May 3, 2025, Maria Steen (pictured) delivered a talk called “Evangelium Vitae at 30 – Pope John Paul…

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