Sunday April 30th 2023, is no ordinary Sunday in the religious circles for the Catholic Church. It is a special day. The Church around the globe is ce.
On Vocations Sunday, April 30, the institutional church prays for an increase in vocations to the priesthood. But it ignores the women standing on the edge of the Roman Catholic Church, who have walked the extra mile only to find the door to leadership, decision-making, and ordination closed.
The Waterford and Lismore diocese, which stretches into Tipperary, says that this year’s message is full of wonderful imagery which tries to capture the .
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Catholic Church faces post-pandemic challenges Has Covid-19 hastened the decline of the church in Irish life, asks Bishop Duignan
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Listen now 4:12 Fr Martin Cosgrove saying Mass in an empty Church of the Annunciation Catholic Church in Rathfarnham, Dublin. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/ EPA
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In a pastoral reflection on the future of the Catholic Church last month, one of the church’s newest and youngest bishops, Bishop of Clonfert Michael Duignan (50), pondered the challenges that lie ahead.