Do you still go to Mass? Have you found religion later in life? Has your religious observance lapsed?

In the Philippines, where 80 per cent of the population is Catholic, popes are always revered. Francis, however, was especially well loved

Rite & Reason: Why are birth rates in freefall? Many factors, some economic, others religious, some social and personal, play a part

Clive Johnston disputes the charges on a devolution point and under the European Convention on Human Rights

Greens also likely to push controversial bill to reform German abortion law

Francis (88) has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital for more than three weeks with a severe respiratory infection

Kaja Godek said homosexuality was a 'deviation' on a Polish talkshow in 2018

Women who choose not to have children still find themselves existing in a society that undermines them - but the tide is turning

His genius is to lull you into thinking he’s harmless

Protests were largely peaceful amid heightened security as police cars drove nearby

Healy-Raes say they will not be ‘whipped’ when it comes to ‘fundamental issues’ and ‘matters of conscience’

It is impossible to understand the former US president without taking seriously his faith, which underpinned his whole life, both public and private

Lack of affordable, accessible, quality childcare means women are often forced into part-time, more precarious work

The US president is a once-in-a-lifetime master manipulator of the unseen energies that sway the electorate

Television: Sensitive and wrenching documentary series recounts the death of Savita Halappanavar after she suffered a miscarriage 17 weeks into her pregnancy

Election profile: Morally conservative party proposes child benefits from fourth month of pregnancy to discourage abortion

By embracing abortion in the 1970s, feminism accepted that pregnancy is damaging to women’s lives, rather than something fundamental to human experience

There are lessons for Ireland from the US election about the disconnect between establishment voices and the feelings of the electorate

US election shows voters still demand that a woman candidate must be without fault

Abortion campaigners lose in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota