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Cardinal Cahal Daly dies in Belfast

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31-12-2009 8:58pm

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jhegarty

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The former Catholic Primate of All Ireland, Cardinal Cahal Daly has died in Belfast.

Aged 92, he served as a bishop for almost three decades based first in Longford, then in Belfast and finally in Armagh.

He became the hierarchy's foremost theologian and its most trenchant critic of politically-inspired violence.

In 1996 when he turned 79, he resigned on age grounds and returned to writing and the study of philosophy.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1231/dalyc.html

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#2 01-01-2010 3:56pm
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Lord Jesus, have mercy on his soul.

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#3 01-01-2010 4:00pm
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Lord Jesus may he rest in peace with you. Amen!

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#4 01-01-2010 4:01pm
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kelly1 wrote: »

Lord Jesus, have mercy on his soul.

Oh I hope not. He covered up for paedophiles.

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#5 01-01-2010 4:07pm
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Its still so difficult to work out his response to clerical sex abuse.

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#6 01-01-2010 4:07pm
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Ghost Buster wrote: »

Oh I hope not. He covered up for paedophiles.

Do you expect God to be merciful to you come judgment day after saying that?

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#7 01-01-2010 4:10pm
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kelly1 wrote: »

Do you expect God to be merciful to you come judgment day after saying that?

Nope. But I do expect the tooth fairy to bring me a euro tomorrow. My Mummy has told me its so since I was a child so it must be true.

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#8 01-01-2010 5:40pm
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Let's play nice, folks.

Ghost Buster, this is you only warning: read the charter.

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#9 01-01-2010 6:51pm
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Since he was interested in philosophy, he's probavly chatting to the great philosophers right now in heaven

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