{"id":102420,"date":"2026-08-30T23:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T23:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=102420"},"modified":"2026-08-30T23:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T23:06:16","slug":"baptisms-in-ireland-drop-by-nearly-30-in-past-decade-survey-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/baptisms-in-ireland-drop-by-nearly-30-in-past-decade-survey-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"\u8c03\u67e5\u53d1\u73b0\uff0c\u8fc7\u53bb\u5341\u5e74\u7231\u5c14\u5170\u7684\u6d17\u793c\u4eba\u6570\u4e0b\u964d\u4e86\u8fd1 30%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The Iona Institute has found the number of Catholic baptisms in Ireland declined by 29.6% from 2015 to 2025.According to an Aug. 18 press release, the \u201ctwo big drivers of the decline are falling births and rising secularism,\u201d with birth rates accounting for about 60% of the decline. \u201cIn a way the figures are not a surprise given the rapidly falling number of births and growing secularization. Given that births have fallen by almost a fifth in the last ten\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iona Institute has found the number of Catholic baptisms in Ireland declined by 29.6% from 2015 to 2025.According to an Aug. 18 press release, the \u201ctwo big drivers of the decline are falling births and rising secularism,\u201d with birth rates accounting for about 60% of the decline. \u201cIn a way the figures are not a surprise given the rapidly falling number of births and growing secularization. Given that births have fallen by almost a fifth in the last ten\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-102420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66981,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/poll-finds-evival-of-interest-in-religion-in-northern-ireland-among-young-people\/","url_meta":{"origin":102420,"position":0},"title":"Poll finds evival of interest in religion in Northern Ireland among young people","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"15 2 \u6708, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The All Ireland Rosary Rally has attracted increasingly larger crowds. 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