The Pope’s downsizing is about pruning to grow

The Pope’s downsizing is about pruning to grow Bishop Paul Dempsey, now Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, and Archbishop of Tuam Francis Duffy look on as the Bishop of Elphin, Kevin Doran speaks to the media in the Cathedral of the Assumption Tuam, Co. Galway. Photo: John McElroy

Ecclesiastical structures are only useful if they allow our parishes to be vibrant places where people encounter God, writes Michael Kelly While all eyes were on the cabinet reshuffle of Taoiseach Simon Harris, officials in Rome were preparing to announce details of the Pope’s reshuffle of sorts of the Irish ecclesiastical landscape. While Ireland has…

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