IRELAND
Irish Times
Patsy McGarry
Fri, Sep 20, 2013
The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said he was “very encouraged” by the words of Pope Francis.
“It sets a pastoral tone for the whole church,” he said. He said it “fairly unusual for a pope to open his heart on so many issues. It was very deep, but he had said many of these things already.”
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: He said it was “fairly unusual for a pope to open his heart on so many issues”
Pope Francis “was going back to the old practice in the church, not in a legalistic or rigorist way, of accompanying the person within the situation in which they find themselves, where they can encounter the mercy of God.”
He described this as “the mentality of the good priest.” It was “a way which reflected a Jesus who accompanied people”.
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