Fiipinos mourn Francis and brace themselves for successor
In the Philippines, where 80 per cent of the population is Catholic, popes are always revered. Francis, however, was especially well loved
Abortion
How the two-income mortgage marked a turning point in Irish family life
Rite & Reason: Why are birth rates in freefall? Many factors, some economic, others religious, some social and personal, play a part
Retired pastor denies illegal protest at abortion safe access zone in Coleraine
Clive Johnston disputes the charges on a devolution point and under the European Convention on Human Rights
Germany’s Merz woos Greens with €50 billion climate package for defence vote
Greens also likely to push controversial bill to reform German abortion law
Pope Francis showing ‘slight’ improvement, Vatican says
Francis (88) has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital for more than three weeks with a severe respiratory infection
Polish anti-abortion activist ordered to apologise for calling former taoiseach Leo Varadkar a ‘deviant’
Kaja Godek said homosexuality was a 'deviation' on a Polish talkshow in 2018
Life without children: ‘I’d want the investment my mother had, but I don’t have it in me. I don’t have the grá for it’
Women who choose not to have children still find themselves existing in a society that undermines them - but the tide is turning
Michael D Higgins, the wily old leftie, has always been a supreme politician
His genius is to lull you into thinking he’s harmless
Thousands protest in Washington against Trump inauguration: ‘A lot of people are disillusioned’
Protests were largely peaceful amid heightened security as police cars drove nearby
Fianna Fáil to get substantially more time in taoiseach’s office than Fine Gael
Healy-Raes say they will not be ‘whipped’ when it comes to ‘fundamental issues’ and ‘matters of conscience’
Jimmy Carter went to Mass in Waterford in 1995 - a sign of a deep faith that was often overlooked
It is impossible to understand the former US president without taking seriously his faith, which underpinned his whole life, both public and private
Women don’t want a rest on Nollaig na mBan. We want decent childcare, equal pay and access to healthcare
Lack of affordable, accessible, quality childcare means women are often forced into part-time, more precarious work
Donald Trump is changing America in ways that will reverberate long after he is dead
The US president is a once-in-a-lifetime master manipulator of the unseen energies that sway the electorate
Scannal: Savita review – Heartbreaking chronicle of the medieval essence at heart of Irish healthcare system
Television: Sensitive and wrenching documentary series recounts the death of Savita Halappanavar after she suffered a miscarriage 17 weeks into her pregnancy
‘We’re opposed to ethno-nationalism’: Aontú's Peadar Tóibín on election prospects
Election profile: Morally conservative party proposes child benefits from fourth month of pregnancy to discourage abortion
Opposition to abortion is seen as a position of the right, but it’s not that simple
By embracing abortion in the 1970s, feminism accepted that pregnancy is damaging to women’s lives, rather than something fundamental to human experience
Ireland needs its own Joe Rogan, someone to question liberal orthodoxies
There are lessons for Ireland from the US election about the disconnect between establishment voices and the feelings of the electorate
Thanks a bunch, America. Love, women everywhere
US election shows voters still demand that a woman candidate must be without fault
US abortion rights advocates win in seven states and clear way to undo Missouri ban
Abortion campaigners lose in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota
Abortion on the ballot paper in US election as Trump and Harris fiercely contest the issue
Two tragic cases in Georgia sparked debate about maternal mortality in the US, particularly among black women
Cillian Murphy: ‘You had the Kerry babies, the moving statues, no abortion, no divorce. It was like the dark ages’
The Oscar winner reunites with Eileen Walsh, his Disco Pigs co-star, for Small Things Like These. For young Irish abroad, was its Ireland worth returning to?
Pope criticises Harris and Trump, telling US Catholics to ‘choose the lesser evil’ in election vote
Pontiff (87) says not welcoming migrants is a ‘grave’ sin and both candidates are ‘against life’
Safe zones surrounding centres providing abortion services to come into operation next month
Protests within 100m of hospitals and other facilities offering pregnancy terminations will be prohibited from mid-October
The Revelation of Ireland: 1995-2020 by Diarmaid Ferriter - A hugely valuable exploration of a rollercoaster time
Book shows that even as Ireland has changed, its biggest problems remain ‘deep-rooted and historical’
‘I cried all the way home’: retired judge recalls ‘heartbreaking’ case of brain-dead pregnant woman
The retired Supreme Court judge looks back on an extraordinary career that included ruling on the difficult case of a pregnant woman on life support, as well as divorcing ‘half of Cork’
Kamala Harris suddenly presents Americans with a gender election
The fight to restore abortion will be placed at the centre of Harris’s campaign, while Trump has suddenly become the old man in the race
Neither Ireland’s Catholic Primate nor Pope Francis has ever denied Communion to anyone
Pontiff has been adamant bishops should avoid acting in a way ‘that is not pastoral’ and decline to ‘enter the political sphere’
Will Simon Coveney ever be asked about his role in passing the referendum that led to a rise in abortions?
In Ireland, you can tell people abortion figures won’t rise and still be unaccountable when they double
Minister refused communion at Cork funeral Mass over ‘his support for abortion’, says priest
Fr Gabriel Burke would not give communion to Colm Burke who says priest him told he had been ‘excommunicated’
Polish parliament rejects Bill seeking to ease strict abortion law
Draft law highlighted deep divisions in Donald Tusk’s ruling coalition
Anti-abortion rally in Dublin hears call for taskforce to address ‘soaring’ abortion numbers
The 10,033 abortions in the Republic last year were described as a ‘national scandal’ at Rally for Life
US supreme court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now
Advocates on both sides of abortion debate express disappointment with court’s one-line ruling
US supreme court appears set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, according to report
USA-COURT/ABORTION (UPDATE 4, PIX):UPDATE 4-US Supreme Court appears set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, Bloomberg reports
Poland clamps down on hospitals refusing to perform abortions
Clinic that denied termination to woman whose pregnancy may have endangered her life fined €127,000
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