'We're at a minimum, it's unsustainable and will not carry into the future as we do it.'
Priests are"dying on their feet" trying to cover funerals as the number of men joining the priesthood continues to decline, according to Fr Paddy Byrne.
"My responsibility as a priest, not in high leadership or anything, but certainly I have to engage, to build relationships," he said. "That whole community is affected, not just their loved ones, and people with hungry hearts for meaning and purpose in life [are] coming to church to find peace, to find a sense of hope," he said.Beatification of Pope John Paul II on St. Peter's Square.
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