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The article presents information on An Tairseach, the Dominican Sisters' Farm and Ecology Center in Wicklow, Ireland. The convent houses seven sisters who serve the local community. The convent also serves as an ecology and spirituality center with an organic farm that was developed in 1998 and inspired by Dominican Sister Miriam Therese MacGillis.

The article informs that a Irish group consist of Pádraig O'Tuama, Ursula Halligan, and David Norris, is campaigning for reform in the Catholic Church. It report that the group has launched a petition ahead of Pope Francis' papal visit to Ireland in August, calling on the Vatican to change its theological language that is gravely insulting to LGBTQI people.

The article informs that the Irish government has approved the legislation in a referendum on May 22, 2015 for same-sex marriage. Topics discussed include Catholic Church of Ireland has become the first country in the world to introduce gay marriage, views of Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, on the referendum and consider it as a part of social revolution, and views of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, consider the referendum as defeat for Christian principles and humanity.

The article reports on an open letter sent by leaders of 24 international Catholic reform groups to Pope Francis requesting him to stop the church's policy of clustering parishes into megaparishes in an effort to prevent the decline in priest numbers. Topics discussed include views of redemptorist Father Tony Flannery, on clustering of parishes in Ireland, concerns expressed by Father Shaji George Kochuthara at a reform conference in Limerick, Ireland on making the church participatory.