Catholic churchgoers in Ireland have raised 3.25 million euro for the people of Ukraine since the war began. Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh and Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin paid tribute to the generosity of parishioners. Irish bishops had asked for a special collection in parishes across Ireland in the wake of the Russian invasion. Read more
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One bishop for two Ireland dioceses
Thursday, November 18th, 2021
Pope Francis has announced two Irish dioceses will be combined in a union under one bishop, a move aimed at streamlining the church’s hierarchy without depriving any town of its cathedral. One bishop will be appointed by Pope Francis to the Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora and the Diocese of Clonfert. The change was Read more
Irish bishops choose woman to guide route to national synod
Monday, June 21st, 2021
Irish Catholic bishops have chosen a woman to head preparations for a national synod, due to be held in the next five years. Nicola Brady is currently General Secretary of the Irish Council of Churches, and Joint Secretary of the Irish Inter-Church Meeting. She has been noted for facilitating relationship-building between the Christian churches in Read more
Ireland’s bishops plan synod to hear from Catholics who have walked away
Monday, March 15th, 2021
Ireland’s Catholic bishops plan to hold a synod to hear from people who were raised Catholic but have walked away from the church. The synod will take place “within the next five years”. The bishops said they are “acutely aware of the huge challenges to the Catholic faith” that have emerged during the past 50 Read more
Sacraments will disappear amid vocations crisis
Thursday, November 7th, 2019
Ireland’s Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) says the vocations crisis has become so critical that sacraments like baptisms and marriages are likely to “disappear” from some parishes in the near future. The ACP, which represents over 1,000 Catholic priests in Ireland, says reform is urgently needed to prevent parishes from closing across the country. “We’re Read more
Pre-famine Irish Catholics: fewer priests, less devout says new doco
Thursday, April 11th, 2019
A new documentary claims many Irish Catholics practised a mixture of Catholicism and pagan rituals before the Great Hunger (1845-1849) triggered a major turning point for the Church in Ireland. Released yesterday, Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE)’s documentary Rome V Republic examines the events that led up to and followed the Church’s hold over Read more