Number of female religious in Ireland halves in 20 years

Number of female religious in Ireland halves in 20 years A nun walks on the farm at St Mary's Abbey, in Glencairn August 30, 2022. Photo: CNS/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters

The future of religious life in Ireland is at a “turning point” as the number of women religious on the island of Ireland has halved in the last 20 years. There were 9,031 women religious on the island of Ireland at the turn of the millennium, but in the last 20 years that has declined…

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