Church leaders are set to discuss radical proposals aimed at tackling the ongoing crisis in vocations tabled by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP). Proposals including the ordination of women deacons; inviting back men who left the priesthood to marry; and the ordination of “suitable” married men were set out by the ACP as possible…

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Dr Martin urges full co-operation on Mother and Baby Homes

Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s refusal to lift a controversial ban on members of the Defence Forces participating in the annual Mass to commemorate those who died in the 1916 Easter Rising has been criticised as a “mockery” by Independent TD Mattie McGrath. Speaking to The Irish Catholic this week, Mr McGrath, expressed disappointment with a statement…

Document on political reform to be published

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has issued an impassioned appeal for vocations to the priesthood following a week that saw some 17 ordinations across several Irish dioceses. “We need more priests,” Archbishop Martin warned this week.  Recognising his responsibility to “speculate and reflect on the seriousness of the fall in the number of priests”, Archbishop…

The leader-in-waiting of the Church in Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin, has called on Catholics to use social media to spread the gospel message online. Referring to the internet as the “nervous system of our culture”, Archbishop Martin urged the faithful to spread the Good News in the digital world. “Our challenge as evangelisers has always…