A new starting point: three suggestions for the way through priest shortages

A new starting point: three suggestions for the way through priest shortages A woman prays with a rosary at a stone cross during a pilgrimage to the holy well of St Brigid in Liscannor, Ireland, February 1, 2017. Photo: OSV News/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters.

I was very impressed by the editorial ‘The future of the Irish Church’ (IC, September 10). The editor has raised some very important and challenging questions which merit further discussion. The three solutions to the present priest shortage are well analysed. Importing priests from other countries robs their native lands of their ministry and is…

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