Dublin gets its first official Catholic cathedral since the Reformation

For the first time since the Reformation about 500 years ago, Roman Catholics in Dublin will this month attend Christmas services and mass in their own official cathedral.

Catholicism may be raising its head high but the body underneath is ailing

St Mary’s has been elevated to a cathedral at time when Dublin’s Catholic Archdiocese faces financial meltdown ...
National Catholic Reporter

Dublin Catholics have a dedicated cathedral for first time in 500 years

The Catholics of Dublin have a dedicated cathedral for the first time in 500 years following Pope Leo XIV's decision on Nov. 14 to designate St. Mary's Pro Cathedral as the Irish capital's official ...
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 ...
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 Reporter

Retired Dublin archbishop: Abuse scandal 'badly damaged church'; synod won't lead to radical change

The Irish prelate credited with being among the first to tackle the clerical abuse crisis head-on said he did not believe there will be women priests in the Catholic Church in his lifetime. He also ...