The Catholic population in Ireland is aging, and rapidly. What 18-year-old wants to go to Mass surrounded by 70-year-olds? Most statistics in the report are unsurprising. For example, only 16 ...

DUBLIN (OSV News) — Once a Catholic giant, Ireland is becoming less religious, census data shows. Just over half of the residents of the Irish capital, Dublin, now self-identify as Catholic ...

According to the census numbers, some 45.7 percent of Northern Ireland’s population is or was raised Catholic, while 43.5 percent are Protestant or raised in another Christian religion.

Despite the discrimination, the growth of the Catholic population has continued steadily since the first Northern Ireland census in 1926 — dipping only during the early years of the 1968-1998 ...

For those trying to persuade tourists to visit Northern Ireland, the timing is disastrous. In a month’s time, the Open golf tournament will be hosted in Portrush, a seaside town on the picturesque ...

As Ireland undergoes a steep reported drop in religiosity, the isle of saints and scholars awaits a September report by a European rights court on the country's abortion ban. The recommendations may ...

(Cain Burdeau/Courthouse News) (CN) — Census results released on Thursday in the United Kingdom have revealed that Northern Ireland’s Catholic population now outnumbers the Protestant community for ...