Ireland
Spiritual Climate of Ireland
The Catholic Church was for centuries the defender of the Irish. Active involvement in the Church has been high though now declining very fast. Church attendance in non-Catholic denominations has also declined through emigration, nominalism and the Catholic Church's policy on mixed marriages. Young people generally are turning away from the Church.
Location:
Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain
Population:
4,062,235
Religious Diversity:
- 88%Roman Catholic
- 3.5%none
- 3%Church of Ireland
- 2%unspecified
- 1.6%other Christian
- 1.5%other
