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Bishops Blackmail on Dodgy COVID VaccineChina infiltration, financial conflict of interest exposedDUBLIN, Ireland (ChurchMilitant.com) - Irish bishops are blackmailing Catholics into taking the COVID-19 vaccine despite explosive revelations of Chinese infiltration of top vaccine manufacturers, scientific journals questioning the efficacy of the vaccine and financial conflicts of interest.Abp. of Dublin Diarmuid Martin with the Irish bishops "Refusal to accept a vaccine could contribute to significant loss of life in the community and especially among those who are most vulnerable," the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference (ICBC) threatened in a statement issued Wednesday. "The Catholic Church recognizes that safe and effective vaccination...

DUBLIN (ChurchMilitant.com) - Thousands of Irish Catholics have signed a petition calling for the excommunication of Dublin's archbishop after the primate of Ireland participated in Muslim prayers on Eid Al-Adha Friday citing Pope Francis' Abu Dhabi declaration. "How can we accept an archbishop who gives his blessing to an Islamic celebration of animal sacrifice? Christ's sacrifice on the Cross was the final sacrifice, yet Martin has decided that this barbaric Islamic festival deserves the endorsement of the Catholic Church," the petition stated. Scuffles broke out outside Croke Park Stadium hosting the Islamic service as police and leftwing activists attempted to...

A Catholicism of self-defined certainties will lead eventually to a doubt about all certainties and thus to emptinessCatholic keyboard warriors who “spend all day attacking and responding” on social media in the belief that they are “defending the integrity of Church teaching” have been sharply criticised by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin. In his homily for a Mass to mark the canonisation of St John Henry Newman at Dublin’s University Church, Archbishop Martin said he was “astonished” at the content and tone of daily messages on social media by Catholic pundits, who he said were “anything but kindly”. Rebuking these...

New document portends trouble at 2018 World Meeting of FamiliesDUBLIN (ChurchMilitant.com) - Ireland's largest diocese is affirming same-sex relationships. Ahead of the 2018 World Meeting of Families, the archdiocese of Dublin has released a six-part guide, a "parish conversation," to prepare the faithful for the event. Released under the watch of Dublin Abp. Diarmuid Martin, "Amoris: Let's talk Family! Let's be Family!" is sparking controversy, as it contains a passage endorsing active homosexual relationships as an alternative family model, providing "mutual support" for participants. On page 24, under a section titled "The Christian Vision for the Family," the guide reads,...

If you look at the remarks of Dr Diarmuid Martin you can see where the problem lies, and it is not just what he has said since after the vote but, maybe, always. A friend bought an autobiography of a bishop recently and then complained how shallow, self justifying it was. How it seemed to lack any talk of Grace and seemed spiritually vacuous, as if it was written by a name dropping minor politician, rather than a Christian and a man of faith. I have yet to read it but I suspect it is typical of any apologia of...

Dublin, Nov. 25 (CWNews.com) - The Archbishop of Dublin has said that homosexual men are not excluded from ordination as Catholic priests, according to a report in the Irish Times. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin made his remarks on November 24, in response to questions about the Vatican Instruction indicating that homosexual men should not be admitted to priestly training. The Irish archbishop said that he could not respond fully to questions on that issue since the Vatican document had not yet been officially released. The document became public after a leaked copy was published in full on an Italian web site...