Pope of the possible
Brendan Hoban, in the Western People, questions why Irish bishops when faced with the dramatically reducing number of priests in the Irish church ‘are not good at maths. It takes them a long time to get their heads around something and then when they do the sums they seem to lose their nerve and back away from the obvious answer.’
Reports suggest the Brazilian bishops are asking Francis to allow married priests to resume their priestly ministry. ‘So shouldn’t we be doing something about it, now? Couldn’t our bishops do what the Brazilian bishops are doing?’.