The Irish government “has done nothing to reduce the numbers of abortions…and seems not to care why women choose abortion, or what happens to them afterwards,” Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin and Achonry said.

The figures represent a huge increase in abortion within a decade, since in 2012 abortion ended 20.84% of conceptions—a fifth of all pregnancies.

British army veteran Adam Smith-Connor, recently converted to the Catholic faith, said he was “grateful” that Vance raised his case when he warned Europe about retreating from freedom.

A relic of Blessed Acutis was taken to Manchester for veneration, drawing 5,000 pilgrims in four days of prayer and an all-night vigil.

A U.K. woman was sentenced to 28 months imprisonment for having an abortion when she was 32-34 weeks pregnant, whose jailing was supported by an English Catholic bishop.

The Church of England banned church weddings for same-sex couples while allowing priests to bless same-sex marriages and partnerships.