Severe drop in Catholic Church income in Dublin during pandemic Archbishop says it is time ‘to build new models of ministry’ in time of ‘crisis’
about an hour ago Archbishop Dermot Farrell said that the Church in Dublin “needed to evolve. We do know that a radical renewal is required.” File photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Archbishop Dermot Farrell has approved a proposal to run a Summer Dues collection to support priests of the Dublin Archdiocese after revenue generated by weekly churches collections collapsed as a result of the Covid-19.
Finances have been “severely impacted” by the pandemic, Archbishop Farrell has said with the drop in income from the usual two collections at Sunday Masses down by “80per cent and 86 per cent respectively for the first quarter (January to March 2021).”