Non-academic articles

Below is a list of non-academic articles I published during 2025, across various platforms including the Iona Institute, Substack, Blogger, Medium and print publications such as the Irish Catholic. The pieces focus mainly on demographic change, family policy, religion, bioethics, and cultural trends.

The majority of these articles are in English. Four were written in Italian, including two contributions to L’Osservatore Romano, which I regard as a particular honour.

January

27 January 2025
“UNESCO downgrades the role of parents”
https://ionainstitute.ie/unesco-downgrades-the-role-of-parents/

February

7 February 2025
“The coming trend: couples euthanasia”
https://ionainstitute.ie/the-coming-trend-couples-euthanasia/

12 February 2025
“Cost of housing not the real reason for falling fertility rates”
https://ionainstitute.ie/cost-of-housing-not-the-real-reason-for-falling-fertility-rates/

20 February 2025
“Number of abortions in Northern Ireland continues to surge”
https://ionainstitute.ie/number-of-abortions-in-northern-ireland-continues-to-surge/

25 February 2025
“The demographic crisis and what to do about it”
https://ionainstitute.ie/the-demographic-crisis-and-what-to-do-about-it/

March

5 March 2025
“Decline of Christianity halts in the US”
https://ionainstitute.ie/decline-of-christianity-halts-in-the-us/

14 March 2025
“State funding of daycare seems poor value for money”
https://ionainstitute.ie/state-funding-of-daycare-seems-poor-value-for-money/

14 March 2025
“Do Irish mothers have real choice?”
https://bottone.blogspot.com/2025/03/do-irish-mothers-have-real-choice.html

21 March 2025
“How stable families build more prosperous societies”
https://ionainstitute.ie/how-stable-families-build-more-prosperous-societies/

26 March 2025
“Northern Ireland also headed for a demographic cliff-edge”
https://ionainstitute.ie/northern-ireland-also-headed-for-a-demographic-cliff-edge/

30 March 2025
“Demographic change in Northern Ireland: Projected trends and socioeconomic implications”
https://bottone.blogspot.com/2025/03/demographic-change-in-northern-ireland.html

April

4 April 2025
“Euthanasia: a warning from Australia”
https://ionainstitute.ie/euthanasia-a-warning-from-australia/

9 April 2025
“How social media could be reducing birth rates”
https://ionainstitute.ie/how-social-media-could-be-reducing-birth-rates/

15 April 2025
“The quiet religious revival taking place in Britain”
https://ionainstitute.ie/the-quiet-religious-revival-taking-place-in-britain/

15 April 2025
“Auro d’Alba: il poeta nascosto dietro la carità”, L’Osservatore Romano, p. 11
https://bottone.blogspot.com/2025/04/auro-dalba-il-poeta-nascosto-dietro-la.html

23 April 2025
“Pope Francis on the right to life and the family”
https://ionainstitute.ie/pope-francis-on-the-right-to-life-and-the-family/

26 April 2025
“Auro d’Alba: The Poet Hidden Behind Charity”
https://angelobottone.substack.com/p/auro-dalba-the-poet-hidden-behind

May

1 May 2025
“New Age marriages continue to rise in Ireland”
https://ionainstitute.ie/new-age-marriages-continue-to-rise-in-ireland/

5 May 2025
“How many people stay in their childhood religion?”
https://ionainstitute.ie/how-many-people-stay-in-their-childhood-religion/

14 May 2025
“Who is getting married in Ireland and when?”
https://ionainstitute.ie/who-is-getting-married-in-ireland-and-when/

27 May 2025
“As marriage rates collapse, who is getting married?”
https://bottone.blogspot.com/2025/05/as-marriages-rates-collapse-who-is.html

28 May 2025
“Another study highlights how divorce can harm children”
https://ionainstitute.ie/another-study-highlights-how-divorce-can-harm-children/

June

4 June 2025
“Introducing organ-donation euthanasia”
https://ionainstitute.ie/introducing-organ-donation-euthanasia/

11 June 2025
“UN agency finally realises falling births are a big problem”
https://ionainstitute.ie/un-agency-finally-realises-falling-births-a-big-problem/

20 June 2025
“England crosses another abortion red line”
https://ionainstitute.ie/england-crosses-another-abortion-red-line/

27 June 2025
“People want to have ever fewer children”
https://ionainstitute.ie/people-want-to-have-ever-fewer-children/

July

3 July 2025
“English hospices may soon be forced to close because of euthanasia law”
https://ionainstitute.ie/english-hospices-may-soon-be-forced-to-close-before-of-euthanasia-law/

9 July 2025
“Ireland today: fewer marriages and more divorce”
https://ionainstitute.ie/ireland-today-fewer-marriages-and-more-divorce/

August

1 August 2025
“Healthy three-parent babies: but does the end justify the means?”
https://ionainstitute.ie/healthy-three-parent-babies-but-does-the-end-justify-the-means/

8 August 2025
“Switzerland’s ‘assisted dying’ regime claims another Irish victim”
https://ionainstitute.ie/switzerlands-assisted-dying-regime-claims-another-irish-victim/

10 August 2025
“The dangerous lesson from Switzerland’s assisted suicide regime”
https://bottone.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-dangerous-lesson-from-switzerlands.html

13 August 2025
“Ireland’s terrible combination: more abortions and fewer births”
https://ionainstitute.ie/irelands-terrible-combination-more-abortions-and-fewer-births/

21 August 2025
“Deaths outnumbered births by 1.26 million in the EU last year”
https://ionainstitute.ie/deaths-outnumbered-births-by-1-26m-in-the-eu-last-year/

25 August 2025
“A very strong critique of all forms of surrogacy from the UN”
https://ionainstitute.ie/a-very-strong-critique-of-all-forms-of-surrogacy-from-the-un/

September

8 September 2025
“Deaths outnumbered births among Irish people in Q1 2025”
https://ionainstitute.ie/deaths-outnumbered-births-among-irish-people-in-q1-2025/

24 September 2025
“The problems with the new primary school curriculum”
https://ionainstitute.ie/the-problems-with-the-new-primary-school-curriculum/

October

6 October 2025
“Shocking revelation about babies born alive after abortion”
https://ionainstitute.ie/shocking-revelation-about-babies-born-alive-after-abortion/

30 October 2025
“In cammino verso l’unità interiore”, L’Osservatore Romano, p. 7
https://www.mercaba.es/l%27osservatoreromano/30_octubre_2025.pdf

30 October 2025
“John Henry Newman: Doctor of the Church”
https://medium.com/@zerospam_46763/saint-john-henry-newman-doctor-of-the-church-218b3d140539

30 October 2025
“John Henry Newman: Doctor of the classroom and of the soul”, The Irish Catholic, pp. 14–15

November

5 November 2025
“Another study shows greater openness to religion among young people”
https://ionainstitute.ie/another-study-shows-greater-openness-to-religion-among-young-people/

9 November 2025
“Faith on their own terms: how young people are redefining religion”
https://bottone.blogspot.com/2025/11/faith-on-their-own-terms-how-young.html

14 November 2025
“Government has stuck its head in the sand over birth rates”
https://ionainstitute.ie/government-has-stuck-its-head-in-the-sand-over-birth-rates/

21 November 2025
“The extent of anti-religious persecution laid bare”
https://ionainstitute.ie/the-extent-of-anti-religious-persecution-laid-bare/

28 November 2025
“A far-reaching ruling on RE in State schools in Northern Ireland”
https://ionainstitute.ie/a-far-reaching-ruling-on-re-in-state-schools-in-northern-ireland/

December

5 December 2025
“How Christianity provides meaning and community — and atheism does not”
https://ionainstitute.ie/how-christianity-provides-meaning-and-community-and-atheism-does-not/

12 December 2025
“More good news on the ‘quiet revival’ front”
https://ionainstitute.ie/more-good-news-on-the-quiet-religious-revival-front/

19 December 2025
“Why won’t the EU fund organisations with a traditional view of the family?”
https://ionainstitute.ie/why-wont-the-eu-fund-organisations-with-a-traditional-view-of-the-family/

22 December 2025
“Auro d’Alba, non solo Futurismo: il suo contributo alla cultura letteraria è molto più vasto”, L’Eco dell’Alto Molise
https://ecoaltomolise.net/auro-dalba-non-solo-futurismo-il-suo-contributo-alla-cultura-letteraria-e-molto-piu-vasto/