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[Catholic Caucus] BREAKING: Fr. James Martin addresses Irish bishops in private meeting at Marian ShrineA trusted source in Ireland told LifeSiteNews that the meeting included discussions on how to implement the blessing of homosexual 'couples' and even the desire to implement homosexual 'marriage.'The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has been addressed today by heterodox Jesuit priest Fr. James Martin in the Marian Shrine of Knock, Co. Mayo, where Our Lady appeared to villagers in 1879. The conference had not made any statement on the matter at the time of publication, nor responded to requests for comment from LifeSiteNews, but it is...

[Catholic Caucus] Dublin Archbishop forbids priests from privately giving Holy Communion during current lockdownIn the interest of health and safety priests and parishes ought not to succumb to requests to distribute Holy Communion before or after Mass, in or outside churches,' Archbishop of Dublin, Dermot Farrell, said in a recent statementDUBLIN, Ireland, March 8, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – The new Archbishop of Dublin, Dermot Farrell, has reinforced the government’s current ban on acts of worship, by even forbidding priests in his diocese from privately distributing Holy Communion to parishioners, unless as part of a funeral or wedding. In a statement released...

New Dublin archbishop favors women deacons, blessing of rings for gay couplesDUBLIN, Ireland, January 8, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The new archbishop of Dublin, Ireland, Dermot Farrell, has come out in favor of female deacons and blessing rings for homosexual couples, while simultaneously attacking traditional Catholics.Pope Francis’s new appointee as archbishop of Dublin, Farrell, was most recently the bishop of Ossory in the south of Ireland, after having being moved to that post by the Pope in January 2018. Farrell is also the finance secretary for the Irish Bishops Conference.In an interview given to the Irish Times (the full text of...