After 14 years as skipper of the battered barque of St Patrick in Dublin’s Catholic archdiocese, a no-longer-young Diarmuid Martin, 73, is grappling stoically with the supreme navigational test of his pastoral rule and diplomatic acumen. As host to Pope Francis at the lightening-struck ninth World Meeting of Families (WMOF) from August 21-26, Archbishop Martin… Read more »
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