CLERICS HOT UNDER THE COLLAR

Bishop Paul Dempsey

MARY MCALEESE’S tirade against Pope Francis’s unexpected endorsement of the Vatican doctrinal watchdog’s banning of blessings for same-sex couples has elicited a guardedly positive response from the youngest member of the Irish hierarchy, but not from the primatial archdioceses of Armagh and Dublin. Responding to a question about the Vatican’s harsh language, Archbishop Eamon Martin explained… Read more »