Fintan O'Toole: Ireland is running out of priests. There is an obvious solution

Fintan O'Toole: Ireland is running out of priests. There is an obvious solution

Women priests: The Catholic Church is like a farmer complaining of a poor crop while ploughing only one depleted field and leaving the rest fallow

The Archdiocese of Tarragona has seven lay women in pastoral mission in the absence of priests, a situation that has become worse. They are women appointed by the archbishop who work with the chief rectors of each parish, performing very varied works. The most outstanding is the Sunday celebration waiting for the priest, where the Eucharist is done in the absence of the priest. Continue reading...