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What is the answer to the priest retirement crisis?

“Every diocese in Ireland would collapse if priests retired at 75”. That’s according to Fat...

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16.43 6 Nov 2025


What is the answer to the priest retirement crisis?


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“Every diocese in Ireland would collapse if priests retired at 75”. That’s according to Father Roy Donovan, Spokesperson for the Association of Catholic Priests, but is Catholicism purely functional now?

Joining Ciara Doherty to discuss is Portlaoise Parish Priest, Fr David Vard.


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