‘Like a new window was opened’: New Catholics on why they are converting to the church this Easter

Mario Durán Domínguez and Joy Adedokun are among 129 people of mostly foreign backgrounds who are joining the church in ...
Crux

Dublin Catholic school transferred to multi-denominational authority

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Archbishop Dermot Farrell says “the growing diversity of Irish society” led to the transfer of a Catholic primary school in Dublin to a multi-denominational patron. The ...
National Catholic Register

Joy in Dublin As Papal Designation Gives City First Catholic Cathedral Since Reformation

Archbishop Farrell added that the timing could not have been better as it coincided with the cathedral’s bicentenary celebrations. Archbishop Dermot Farrell of the Dublin Archdiocese holds up the ...
Irish Central

"Priestless funerals"? Dublin's Catholic Church looks for solutions to critical numbers

The new strategy "Building Hope" sees Dublin parishes sharing assets including finances, personnel and volunteers and could very well see lay-led liturgies at funerals. Due to the aging clergy and ...
National Catholic Reporter

Dublin archbishop: 'Radical change is coming in the church'

After a year at the head of the Archdiocese of Dublin, Archbishop Dermot Farrell said, "Radical change is coming in the church," which will see a renewal of energy and new forms of ministry. "With a ...
National Catholic Register

Record Number of Adults Baptized in Dublin As Faith Grows Among Young Irish

Thirty-year-old Mahon McCann was baptized during the Easter Vigil Mass in his parish of Rathfarnham in Dublin this year. He was one of 70 adults baptized into the Catholic faith that evening in the ...