Non-academic articles

This is a list of non-academic articles that I have written in 2025

 

January

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

 

February

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

 

12th 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/

 

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

 

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

 

 

March

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

30th 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

4th April 2025
"Euthanasia; a warning from Australia"
https://ionainstitute.ie/euthanasia-a-warning-from-australia/

 

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

 

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

 

"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

 

23rd 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/

 

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

 

 

May

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

 

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

 

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

 

27th May 2025

"As marriages rates collapse who is getting married?"
https://bottone.blogspot.com/2025/05/as-marriages-rates-collapse-who-is.html

 

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

 

June

4th June 2025
"Introducing organ donation euthanasia"
https://ionainstitute.ie/introducing-organ-donation-euthanasia/

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

"New Age marriages continue to rise in Ireland"
https://ionainstitute.ie/new-age-marriages-continue-to-rise-in-ireland/

 

 

July

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

 

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

 

 

August

1st 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/

 

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

 

10th August 2025

"The dangerous lesson from Switzerland’s assisted suicide regime"

https://bottone.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-dangerous-lesson-from-switzerlands.html

 

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

 

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

 

25th 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

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

 

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

 

October

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

 

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

 

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

 

"John Henry Newman: Doctor of the classroom and of the soul", The Irish Catholic, pp. 14-15.

 

November

5th 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/

 

9th 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

 

14th 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/

 

21st November 2025
"The extent of anti‑religious persecution laid bare"
https://ionainstitute.ie/the-extent-of-anti-religious-persecution-laid-bare/

 

28th 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

5th 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/

 

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

 

19th 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/

22nd 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/