Cardinal Timothy Dolan (centre) with Cardinal Sean Brady (right) and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin at the Eucharistic Congress opening at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin, yesterday..

Tim leads a very hectic life.

Dr [Diarmuid] Martin also refused to comment on the fact that New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who is playing a leading role at the congress, is embroiled in controversy over an alleged payout policy of €20,000 to encourage paedophile priests to quit the priesthood. “I have read the stories in the newspapers but I know nothing about it,” he said. Archbishop Dolan, who is now a cardinal and the head of the archdiocese in New York, was appointed in March 2010 by Pope Benedict to lead the Apostolic Visitation to Ireland to examine the four archdioceses here.

 

Church On Long Road To Renewal, Says Martin (Edel O’Connell, Irish Independent)

(Pic by Frank McGrath lifted from the irish Independent. Sorry)