So, looking at the map of Irish Catholic dioceses, why not amalgamate Dromore with Armagh archdiocese, bringing its total of parishes to 84? That would still be four parishes fewer than ...

St. Macartan’s Cathedral in the Diocese of Clogher, in Northern Ireland; laypeople will soon preside over funerals in 12 parishes in the diocese due to a shortage of priests. (photo: By ...

JUST one Irish diocese has organised to send pilgrims to ... having recently published its pastoral plan which maps out a path for the future direction of the church there. He said the plan ...

DUBLINDUBLIN — Six Catholic dioceses in Ireland that shielded child-molesting priests from the law in the past are protecting children from sexual abuse today, the Irish church’s own ...

More than 40 laymen and laywomen in the Diocese of Clogher in the north of Ireland will soon begin presiding over funeral liturgies amid a shortage of priests. A major vocation crisis could result ...