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Ireland’s leading prelates welcomed Pope Benedict’s pastoral letter to the Church in Ireland in which he apologized to Irish abuse victims, lamented the hierarchy’s failure to confront the scandal, and announced an apostolic visitation.
“I ask you that you read this letter with an open heart and in a spirit of faith,” said Cardinal Seán Brady of Armagh. “Let us pray that the Holy Father’s Pastoral Letter will be the beginning of a great season of rebirth and hope in the Irish Church, under the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary.”
“I welcome the Pope’s expression of apology and his recognition of the suffering and betrayal experienced by survivors,” said Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin. “The Pope recognizes the failures of Church authorities in how they dealt with sinful and criminal acts.”
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“I ask you that you read this letter with an open heart and in a spirit of faith,” said Cardinal Seán Brady of Armagh. “Let us pray that the Holy Father’s Pastoral Letter will be the beginning of a great season of rebirth and hope in the Irish Church, under the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary.”
“I welcome the Pope’s expression of apology and his recognition of the suffering and betrayal experienced by survivors,” said Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin. “The Pope recognizes the failures of Church authorities in how they dealt with sinful and criminal acts.”
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