IRELAND
Irish Times
Sarah Burns
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said there is “a stubborn reluctance within the Church” towards the divestment of Catholic schools.
Dr Martin said the Irish religious education establishment “is fixated on questions of ownership and management and too little on the purpose of the Catholic school and the outcomes of Catholic education in terms of faith formation”.
Dr Martin was speaking at the Diocese of Wurzburg in Germany on ‘The Challenge for the Church in the 21st Century’ over the weekend.
A “reconfiguration plan” was announced earlier this year by Minister for Education Richard Bruton, aimed at encouraging the church to transfer the patronage of more than 200 schools to other models, including State-run schools.
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