The Catholic Church is going contactless!!
Huge news breaking today with the announcement that 5 Catholic churches in Dublin are trialling contactless card machine transactions instead of cash donations.
But don't worry this is just a trail to see how things go and it will still be possible to make a cash donation to the collection basket.
In a statement, a spokewoman for the Archdiocese of Dublin says: 'Later this year we plan to roll out the ability for the majority of parishes to accept card-based payments using a Parish Payments System. This will cover many transactions such as offerings, pilgrimage payments and will enable parishioners to sign up for recurring contributions. This will not however, mean an end to the traditional basket collections at Masses which will remain in place for the foreseeable future.'
