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Red tape deprives Faroe Islands of resident Catholic priest

Why an island parish in the North Atlantic is losing its pastor.

Luke Coppen
Sep 01, 2023
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The Catholic community in the Faroe Islands is facing an uncertain future following the departure of its resident priest, partly due to the strict conditions imposed on foreign “religious workers.”

St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. Torbenbrinker via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Msgr. Peter Fleetwood, a priest of Englan…

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