Death of Cahal Cardinal Daly

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Pope praises Cardinal Daly
Pope Benedict has praised former Catholic Primate of All Ireland, Cardinal Cahal Daly for his work building peace in the North.
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In a statement, the pontiff said he was deeply saddened by the death of Cardinal Daly and passed his condolences to his family, fellow clergy and all the people of Ireland.
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“I recall with gratitude Cardinal Daly’s long years of devoted pastoral service to the church as priest, bishop and primate of all Ireland, his assistance as a member of the college of cardinals and especially his sustained efforts in the promotion of justice and peace in Northern Ireland,” he said.
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Yellow_Belle said:
Pope praises Cardinal Daly
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I expect that Patsy McGarry from the Irish Times and/or John Cooney from the Irish Independent will have an article tomorrow on how the Pope has been able to comment on the death of Cardinal Daly and that he has not yet sent a message to the Irish regarding the abuse reports. In fact, yesterday John Cooney had an article criticising the Holy Father for not mentioning the state of the Irish Church in his New Year message for peace - needless to say, Mr Cooney is stirring things, as he must surely be aware that the Pope is preparing a pastoral letter to Irish Catholics…The gutter-journalism from supposedly respectable broadsheets at the present time is absolutely disgraceful…
 
NPC said:
The gutter-journalism from supposedly respectable broadsheets at the present time is absolutely disgraceful…
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IMO the Irish Independent doesn’t qualify as a ‘respectable broadsheet’ in any sense. 😛

That said, I agree with your general point but then neither Mr Cooney nor Mr McGarry are friends of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Nor should they be. They are journalists not apologists so we can expect to read things from them, and for them to ask questions that are uncomfortable for us or even offend us as Catholics. I suppose that could be considered a downside of the freedom of the press, but personally, I wouldn’t have it any other way. (And I speak as someone who reads newspapers more like this:banghead: than like this:coffeeread: )

And we do have some redress if we complain to the Office of the Press Ombudsman about an article or the behaviour of a journalist if it breaches any principle of the Press Code of Practice (e.g. is not true or accurate; fails to distinguish fact from comment; is unfair or dishonest; is based on malicious or unfounded accusations; does not respect the right to privacy etc.)

BTW, Patsy McGarry, in yesterday’s Irish Times, had an article about, among other things, when we might expect the Pope’s pastoral letter. Pope’s pastoral letter likely before Lent, says prelate
ARCHBISHOP OF Dublin Diarmuid Martin has said Pope Benedict’s pastoral letter to Irish Catholics is likely to be sent before Lent.
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Ash Wednesday this year is on February 17th and he has also indicated that a synod of the Irish Catholic Church is unlikely.
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On December 11th, following publication of the Murphy report, Catholic primate Cardinal Seán Brady and Archbishop Martin met Pope Benedict at the Vatican.
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Afterwards the Pope said in a statement that he planned issuing a pastoral letter “to the faithful of Ireland” in which he would “clearly indicate the initiatives that are to be taken in response to the situation”.
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Archbishop Martin was chief celebrant at a World Day of Peace Mass at the Sacred Heart Church in Dublin’s Donnybrook yesterday morning.
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Speaking afterwards to The Irish Times he said the pope’s pastoral letter could be expected “maybe even before Lent.” He hoped it “would contain some indications as to how we go into and celebrate Lent because Lent is a period of penance. Lent is a period of renewal. Lent is a period which leads us to the resurrection of Easter.”
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Yellow_Belle said:
IMO the Irish Independent doesn’t qualify as a ‘respectable broadsheet’ in any sense. 😛
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No disagreement there!
Yellow_Belle said:
That said, I agree with your general point but then neither Mr Cooney nor Mr McGarry are friends of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Nor should they be. They are journalists not apologists so we can expect to read things from them, and for them to ask questions that are uncomfortable for us or even offend us as Catholics. I suppose that could be considered a downside of the freedom of the press, but personally, I wouldn’t have it any other way. (And I speak as someone who reads newspapers more like this:banghead: than like this:coffeeread: )
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Indeed - I wouldn’t expect them to act as if they are friends of the Catholic Church. However, that works both ways - they can’t be engaging in mud-slinging either, especially when it comes at the expense of actually reporting the facts, which is their job. I mean, Mr Cooney’s article was in no way news - granted it was a fact that the Pope didn’t mention the abuse, but why would he when he was talking generally on safeguarding Creation??!! I was nothing but gasbagging from Mr Cooney - and I made the Irish Independent aware of my opinion of this:D
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And we do have some redress if we complain to the Office of the Press Ombudsman about an article or the behaviour of a journalist if it breaches any principle of the Press Code of Practice (e.g. is not true or accurate; fails to distinguish fact from comment; is unfair or dishonest; is based on malicious or unfounded accusations; does not respect the right to privacy etc.)
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Interesting - I hadn’t heard of the OPO…Don’t think I’ll need it…yet!!
 
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