(Catholic Herald. Katherine Bennett). Myopia has plagued my family as far back as can be traced. The family vault holds images from the end of the 1800s of women in their forties all…
Tag: Ireland
Catholic education in Ireland: Is it a choice between divestment or falling off a cliff?.
(Catholic Herald). Catholic education in Ireland risks falling off a demographic cliff with the numbers of teachers in Catholic schools professing adherence to the faith projected to decline rapidly, according to an…
Irish bishops delay decision on art by priest accused of abusing women
(Chai Brady. The Irish Catholic). Irish bishops have delayed deciding on the future of artwork in Rome’s Pontifical Irish College by a controversial priest accused of abusing several adult women. Slovenian artist…
How Pope Francis is reshaping the Church in western Ireland
(The Pillar – Luke Coppen). The Vatican announced an episcopal move in Ireland Wednesday that seemed puzzling at first sight. Pope Francis named Bishop Paul Dempsey, a 52-year-old who has led the Diocese of…
Papal Nuncio: Ireland’s Western dioceses must ‘pool resources’ to increase vitality
(Ruadhán Jones. The Irish Catholic).- As four dioceses in the West merge, the Papal Nuncio to Ireland said the seismic changes were needed to meet “new challenges” facing the Church, “pooling resources”…