IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Lise Hand
Wednesday June 13 2012
Given the sporting week that’s in it, an apt description of the event taking place in the RDS is that it’s a Congress of two halves.
On one hand, every day finds groups of pilgrims singing hymns while gathered around picnic tables in the grounds of the Dublin 4 complex, or attending music-filled Masses in the arena.
There is a relaxed, festival feel (albeit a sedate festival largely consisting of senior citizens), as the pilgrims wander in and out of the myriad workshops or browse the maze of stalls.
But in another room yesterday a discourse on the dark side of the Catholic Church was taking place, dealing with the clerical sex abuse scandals which have cast (and which continues to cast) a long, sorrowful shadow over the organisation.
And the prelate selected to grasp this thorny topic was the Archbishop of Manila, Antonio Tagle.
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