It’s troubling that we’re actually hitting record low here when it comes to fertility in America,” sociologist Brad Wilcox ...

Evangelical Christians are a fervent force in ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ Petra Costa’s bracing film on Brazil’s upheavals.

Italy has ignited international debate by moving to criminalize surrogacy beyond its borders. In July 2025, the country's ...

A new law allows trans Cubans to update their identification cards by request without providing proof of genital surgery.

"Mother-and-baby homes" were institutions in Ireland where unmarried pregnant women and their children were housed. They were characterised by harsh conditions, high mortality rates and a lack of ...

Ireland began excavating remains of up to 800 infants buried for decades in a septic tank behind a home for unwed mothers – one of the so-called "Magdalene Laundries." ...

Excavations begin Monday of an unmarked mass burial site at a former mother and baby home in western Ireland suspected of containing the remains of hundreds of infants and young children.

Catholic nuns ran an institution there between 1925 and 1961, housing women who had become pregnant outside of marriage and been shunned by their families.

Excavations have begun at the site of a former mother and baby home in western Ireland, suspected of containing the remains of hundreds of infants and young children.

Citing a shortage of priests, the Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids has laid out a plan to reorganize a number of parishes, including tagging as many as four churches for sale — though it also ...