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