Well their entire life is about the dieing,so presumably they were looking forward to it.
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Christ, some of the comments here are disgraceful.
Threads about religion in r/Ireland can be really toxic and this is no different.
There is a lot to criticise the structures and hierarchy of the Catholic Church over,buy equally I’m sure that many of these men gave much service to their communities and probably received very little in return.Including from the same church which failed them in many ways too.
We’re about to have a lot of old Churches turned into overpriced hotels
This is why the church is having to find brothers from other mothers (Africa)
This high percentage is because there are fewer new entrants to the priesthood, right? The article isn’t clear on this.
Good. Religion has done more harm than good to Ireland. I’ll be glad to see it die out.
Time to let them marry perhaps?
Well it is an organization that hid pedophiles for 2000 years so I don’t feel too broken up about this
If they let priests marry, and the Vatican wasn’t so damn spooky, there’d be lads joining up left right and centre. Handy number in the hood.
I have no love for religion but I can’t tell you the amount of comfort I’ve seen provided by priests and and people of the church, to those who do need it. The last few years has taught me to respect that a lot more
Maybe minimum eucharist pricing would stop people getting their communion for cheap in Aldi?
I don’t think theres anyone joining anymore. And why would they?
If the catholic church wanna stop this they should let them marry and let women be priests too. Sad that these priests died, but have no sympathy for the dying organisation
The Pope could resolve this issue tomorrow if he would lift the ban on ordaining cats and dogs.
I’ll admit I understand why people feel that it’s insensitive to celebrate this but it’s hard not to feel, at least a sense of general relief that this organization is effectively falling apart now.
I wouldn’t go as far as to say dead or even dying exactly, because I think a lot of Irish people while not practicing Catholics are “cultural Catholics” for lack of a better word.
But the desire to baptise kids or have church weddings for the days out doesn’t produce priests, and without priests the organization will inevitably fade more and more. I’d be curious to see what a Catholic church in Ireland looks like in 10 more years.
To paraphrase Johnny Cash, “may all the world forget you ever stood and all the world regret you did no good”
stereotypical reddit thread
Good.
When they’re all gone, can we keep churches as music venues instead?
Anyway ….
The Boss doesn’t want them WFH any more. Back to the office lads.
They’ll be resurrected around Easter.
My immediate first thought was suicide but then I remembered nearly all priest are 80 years old
Tbh if i could marry and be a priest i would be up for joining
21 percent of children are now safe
And we’ve had a priest from Ireland in our parish in the US for years.
That’s because most of the priests are elderly now, no young people going into it.
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Religion is dying, the earth is healing!
Gang-related?
Well their entire life is about the dieing,so presumably they were looking forward to it.
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Christ, some of the comments here are disgraceful.
Threads about religion in r/Ireland can be really toxic and this is no different.
There is a lot to criticise the structures and hierarchy of the Catholic Church over,buy equally I’m sure that many of these men gave much service to their communities and probably received very little in return.Including from the same church which failed them in many ways too.
We’re about to have a lot of old Churches turned into overpriced hotels
This is why the church is having to find brothers from other mothers (Africa)
This high percentage is because there are fewer new entrants to the priesthood, right? The article isn’t clear on this.
Good. Religion has done more harm than good to Ireland. I’ll be glad to see it die out.
Time to let them marry perhaps?
Well it is an organization that hid pedophiles for 2000 years so I don’t feel too broken up about this
If they let priests marry, and the Vatican wasn’t so damn spooky, there’d be lads joining up left right and centre. Handy number in the hood.
I have no love for religion but I can’t tell you the amount of comfort I’ve seen provided by priests and and people of the church, to those who do need it. The last few years has taught me to respect that a lot more
Maybe minimum eucharist pricing would stop people getting their communion for cheap in Aldi?
I don’t think theres anyone joining anymore. And why would they?
If the catholic church wanna stop this they should let them marry and let women be priests too. Sad that these priests died, but have no sympathy for the dying organisation
The Pope could resolve this issue tomorrow if he would lift the ban on ordaining cats and dogs.
I’ll admit I understand why people feel that it’s insensitive to celebrate this but it’s hard not to feel, at least a sense of general relief that this organization is effectively falling apart now.
I wouldn’t go as far as to say dead or even dying exactly, because I think a lot of Irish people while not practicing Catholics are “cultural Catholics” for lack of a better word.
But the desire to baptise kids or have church weddings for the days out doesn’t produce priests, and without priests the organization will inevitably fade more and more. I’d be curious to see what a Catholic church in Ireland looks like in 10 more years.
To paraphrase Johnny Cash, “may all the world forget you ever stood and all the world regret you did no good”
stereotypical reddit thread
Good.
When they’re all gone, can we keep churches as music venues instead?
Anyway ….
The Boss doesn’t want them WFH any more. Back to the office lads.
They’ll be resurrected around Easter.
My immediate first thought was suicide but then I remembered nearly all priest are 80 years old
Tbh if i could marry and be a priest i would be up for joining
21 percent of children are now safe
And we’ve had a priest from Ireland in our parish in the US for years.
That’s because most of the priests are elderly now, no young people going into it.
Some these comments are atrocious.