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Belfast Telegraph ➤ The Republic of Ireland is abandoning religion faster than almost every other country worldwide, a massive global survey on faith reveals.

Breda Heffernan and Colm Kelpie

Only Vietnam has seen a bigger drop in people declaring themselves to be religious over the past seven years, a period when the Catholic Church in Ireland has been rocked by sex-abuse scandals and a crisis of leadership.

Red C interviewed more than 51,000 people worldwide, including just over 1,000 people in the Republic.

An overwhelming 69% of Irish people declared themselves to be "a religious person" in the last survey conducted in 2005, but this has now plummeted to 47%.

Continue reading @ Belfast Telegraph. 

Exorcising The God Myth

Belfast Telegraph ➤ The Republic of Ireland is abandoning religion faster than almost every other country worldwide, a massive global survey on faith reveals.

Breda Heffernan and Colm Kelpie

Only Vietnam has seen a bigger drop in people declaring themselves to be religious over the past seven years, a period when the Catholic Church in Ireland has been rocked by sex-abuse scandals and a crisis of leadership.

Red C interviewed more than 51,000 people worldwide, including just over 1,000 people in the Republic.

An overwhelming 69% of Irish people declared themselves to be "a religious person" in the last survey conducted in 2005, but this has now plummeted to 47%.

Continue reading @ Belfast Telegraph. 
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