A historic church in Newry, Northern Ireland, with a graveyard dissected by the border with the Irish Republic, is seen on February 27, 2023. Photo: OSV
News / Lorraine O’Sullivan, Reuters. Both the Primate of All Ireland and the Bishop of Limerick have said some parishes are on the brink of closure. What happens when parishes are no longer financially viable or cannot be maintained? During his opening address to the National Synodal Assembly, Archbishop Eamon Martin warned that “many of our parishes and even our…
