In August 2018, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to visit Ireland since 1979. His visit came as the Catholic Church was once again rocked by child abuse scandals and as the Irish people became increasingly detached from Church teaching on social issues
News Comment on the Pope’s visit to Ireland 25 -26 August following controversy on abortion, same sex marriage and sex abuse scandals. Archbishop Eamon Martin,
Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage made to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It is mandatory for all Muslims to complete it at least once in their life.
Alongside Britain’s traditional music festivals, gatherings with an unapologetically Christian ethos have grown in strength over the past few decades. A multitude of festivals and one-day events now cater for many different tastes
As Muslims prepare to mark the end of Ramadan with the festival of Eid, UK charities report they have received millions of pounds in donations
The nonreligious are people who identify as not having any religion. In Britain, this group has been steadily growing in size and they made up between 25 and 32% of the population in the 2011 census
In 2018 the Irish people voted in a referendum to repeal a constitutional amendment which made abortion illegal, in place since the early 1980s. The campaigns highlighted the waning influence of the Catholic church on contemporary Ireland
Guernsey’s government rejects proposals to allow assisted dying, after objections from religious leaders, doctors and disability groups. Opposing views expressed before Guernsey parliament’s debate on
Response to faith schools decision The government has announced that it will not lift the cap on faith based free schools, which prevents them from
Faith leaders welcome burial ruling Jewish and Muslim leaders welcome a High Court ruling that it was unlawful for a senior North London Coroner to
