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17 July 2022

Secular Sunday #551 – Pope says Catholic education is evangelisation

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial Pope says Catholic education is evangelisation   Pope Francis has said that Catholic education is evangelisation. This confirms again what Atheist Ireland has been saying...

14 July 2022

Pope confirms Catholic education is evangelisation

Pope Francis has confirmed that Catholic education is evangelisation, and has compared not speaking the truth about God in education to burning books, during a private reception in the Vatican on 22 April for educators including from Mary Immaculate College in Limerick. He also told...

10 July 2022

Secular Sunday #550 – Ireland misleads UN about nondenominational schools

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial Ireland misleads UN about nondenominational schools   Atheist Ireland raised several issues with the UN Human Rights Committee who questioned Ireland about this week under...

10 July 2022

Ireland misleads United Nations about nondenominational schools

Atheist Ireland had this letter published in the Irish Times this week following the UN Human Rights Committee questioning Ireland under International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Minister Roderic O’Gorman told the UN Human Rights Committee this week that Ireland aims to have 400...

3 July 2022

Secular Sunday #549 – The UN will question Ireland this week

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial The UN will question Ireland this week   The United Nations Human Rights Committee will be examining Ireland’s human rights record this Monday and Tuesday...

26 June 2022

Secular Sunday #548 – Atheist Ireland and the United Nations

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial Atheist Ireland and the United Nations   The United Nations Human Rights Committee is questioning Ireland in July about our human rights record under the...

26 June 2022

Atheist Ireland raises religious discrimination with the UN Human Rights Committee

The United Nations Human Rights Committee is questioning Ireland in July about our human rights record under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, or ICCPR. Atheist Ireland has made the following submission about Freedom of Conscience, Religion, and Belief. You can also read...

19 June 2022

Secular Sunday #547 – Conditions on State funding of Irish schools

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial Conditions on State funding of Irish schools   Irish parents have more rights in relation to the education of their children under the Irish Constitution...

15 June 2022

State funding of Catholic-run schools comes with constitutional conditions that are ignored

With the attitude of the Catholic bishops over divesting schools, you could be forgiven for believing that the Irish Constitution explicitly sanctioned the funding of Catholic-run schools and without any conditions. The reasons that there are so many Catholic schools is because of religious privilege...

12 June 2022

Secular Sunday #546 – Public Funds and Catholic Bishops

This week’s Secular Sunday, To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial Public Funds and Catholic Bishops   Since last year Atheist Ireland has been raising the issue of the misuse of public funds in Irish schools...

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