RE: Irish Justice Minister plans referendum to scrap new blasphemy law
March 20, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Based on the last census, to oversimplify, the urban areas are more secular than the rural areas, though most places still have a majority of (at least nominal) Catholics. I'll try to get a summary of the figures later.
In practice, even in areas where there are a large majority of Catholics, the Church has lost any moral authority that it seemed to have, largely due to the constant revelations of priests abusing children and bishops covering it up.
In practice, even in areas where there are a large majority of Catholics, the Church has lost any moral authority that it seemed to have, largely due to the constant revelations of priests abusing children and bishops covering it up.