Archbishop Farrell

Church closures ‘had a very detrimental effect on income and collections’

Advises parishes ‘to be courageous in moving beyond ways that no longer work in the Ireland of today’

Have ‘responsibility for acting fairly and in consideration of the needs of others’

Within five years there will be 173 priests aged under 75 serving the Dublin archdiocese’s 1.1 million Catholics

Catholics in Archdiocese ‘living through dark days’, says Archbishop of Dublin

Pandemic highlighted priest shortages and greatly reduced income to church

Archbishop says ‘spiritual and moral formation’ required alongside academic subjects

Ask Brian: The place to nurture faith is within the community, not in schools

Reduced numbers may afford an opportunity ‘to reimagine the institutional Church’