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Baptism is seen by many Irish Catholics as an opportunity to throw a party to welcome the new arrival, a senior churchman said yesterday. The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin , yesterday called for religious instruction for parents before baptism to establish the meaning of the sacrament and the demands of faith it imposed on them. Dr Martin said attitudes among Irish Catholics to baptism range from throwing tap water over the head of a newborn to save the child from eternal damnation to throwing

The sense of original sin and possible exclusion from eternal life is still strongly present in some of the older generation.   -Diarmuid Martin

 

THE High Court yesterday cleared the way for the publication next week of a damning report into the handling of clerical sex abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese that "will shock us all". However, references to a second priest facing abuse charges are to be censored. Last night victim support groups, who welcomed the ruling, were bracing themselves for an increase in calls to their services when the report is published, most likely within days of Tuesday's cabinet meeting.  

The Archdiocese of Dublin will soon be reduced to a level of clerical staffing that allows for only one priest in each parish, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has warned. The archbishop pointed out that in the Dublin archdiocese today there are 10 priests over the age of 70 for every one below the age of 40. Source(s): these links will take you to other sites, in a new window. One priest per Dublin parish shortly, archbishop warns ( Irish Times ) It's Your Turn to Sound Off! »  

Catholic Bishops will discuss the possibility of relinquishing control of a number of schools at a meeting with Department of Education officials today.  

The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, and the chair of the Bishop's Commission on Education Bishop, Leo O'Reilly, are to meet senior officials at the Department of Education in a week's time to discuss the transfer of Catholic schools to State patronage.  

CHURCH of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Paul Colton, has claimed on Twitter that he has received anonymous, sectarian letters concerning the furore over Protestant secondary school funding.  

At a Conjoint meeting of the Church of Ireland Diocesan Synods of Cashel, Ossory and Ferns in the Woodlands Hotel, Waterford, the following motion was passed unanimously. 'That the joint synods of Cashel and Ossory and Ferns, meeting in Waterford on October 21 2009, wish to convey to the Minister for Education and Science, Mr Batt O'Keeffe, their extreme disquiet at the unilateral redesignation of Protestant–managed voluntary secondary schools outside the 'free' sector. The synods are also concerned tha  

The kidnap of GOAL aid workers Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki in Darfur , and Fr Michael Sinnott in the Philippines are stark reminders of the risks faced by all development workers, President Mary McAleese said yesterday.  

A DISGRACED Tipperary-born archbishop was regularly wined and dined at the Irish Embassy to Nigeria at the taxpayers' expense.  

EDUCATION Minister Batt O'Keeffe has refused to reveal details of any legal advice which prompted the axing of grants to Protestant secondary schools.