THE NEW Archbishop of Dublin, Dermot Farrell, presents as an archaic culchie compared with his predecessor, the urbane liberal, Diarmuid Martin. This characterisation would be wide of the mark. Farrell is actually a progressive technocrat attached to traditional Marian devotionalism, who intends to restructure a diocese that is haemorrhaging money and clerics. Standing on the high altar of… Read more »
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