Dublin priest numbers will fall 70 per cent in next 20 years or sooner

Priest numbers in the Dublin archdiocese are expected to decline by 70 per cent in the next 20 years, but there are fears such a decline may happen even sooner, a recent report published in The Irish Times has claimed. The report also mentions fears, highlighted in the latest diocesan financial statement, that reserves at one The post Dublin priest numbers will fall 70 per cent in next 20 years or sooner appeared first on Catholic Herald.

Dublin priest numbers will fall 70 per cent in next 20 years or sooner
Priest numbers in the Dublin archdiocese are expected to decline by 70 per cent in the next 20 years, but there are fears such a decline may happen even sooner, a recent report published in The Irish Times has claimed. The report also mentions fears, highlighted in the latest diocesan financial statement, that reserves at one The post Dublin priest numbers will fall 70 per cent in next 20 years or sooner appeared first on Catholic Herald.