The Crisis in the Priesthood

Posted on 02. Mar, 2005 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Faith and Justice, Vocation

For the Catholic Church, these are testing times – the sex abuse and other scandals, the huge fall off in regular church attendance and – above all – the startling decline in the number of priests and religious. Unless there is some unforeseen turnaround, the time is not far off when many parishes will not […]

Crossways

Posted on 02. Mar, 2005 in Faith and Justice

News updates from around the world including confirmation that less kids are using chat rooms due to increased parental vigilance, referrals to crisis pregnancy group Cura are rising however the numbers for post abortion counselling are falling, a number of Irish charities have criticised the Government for not handling the homelessness issue more adequately and […]