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Faces New Crisis

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2003

December 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Cardinal Desmond Connell may be forced to resign.

The Irish Government is to set up an inquiry into how sex abuse allegations were dealt with in the Dublin diocese amid ongoing allegations that Cardinal Connell and his staff failed to cooperate with police in investigating paedophiles. Cardinal Desmond Connell has repeatedly apologized to the victims of abuse for the hurt they suffered, but his apologies, at this stage, are … [Read more...] about Irish Catholic Church
Faces New Crisis

The Acting President

By Tom Dunphy, Contributor
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

Martin Sheen, the star of The West Wing, is a complicated, ebullient tangle of philosophy, Catholicism, politics, altruism, and homespun wisdom. It's a disconcerting sight: The leader of the free world is, uh, combing his eyelashes with a small mascara applicator... Okay, so it's the make-believe leader of the free world. And it's not such a far-fetched notion that … [Read more...] about The Acting President

Puddle Jumping

By Frank McCourt, Contributor
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

The English Catholic martyr, St. Edmund Campion, lived in Dublin for a while in 1569 and here is what he wrote about the Irish: "The people are thus inclined: religious, franke, amorous, irefull, sufferable of paines infinite, very glorious, many sorcerers, excellent horsemen, delighted with warres, great almes-givers, passing in hospitalitie: the lewder sort both clarkes and … [Read more...] about Puddle Jumping

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