Last year 217,716 paid-up Catholics jumped ship.
Approximately 24 million are Catholic and 23 million Protestants in a population of 80 million.
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XXL maniple, bishops in ivory towers and anniversaries
A priest celebrating Mass in Ireland yesterday stopped when it came to mention the names of the pope and the local bishop; he asked the cong...
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In the current edition of the Irish Catholic David Quin writes about the controversy happening between US Catholic politicians and the US hi...
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The story below is from The Irish Times of yesterday. The article is written by Arthur Beesley. On face value this is a shocking story and i...
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A week down. I am 'working' here as a chaplain in a Caritas-run hospital in Berlin Hermsdorf. The stories, the faces, the smiles...
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In Germany the Church tax is approximately €500 per person per annum if you earn €30, 000 gross.. The figures released therefore reflect the inability of people to pay for church membership which is free in other ccountries such as Ireland! It would be interesting to do a street survey in Ireland and discover how many would be willing to pay this!
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