IRELAND
Derry Journal
by Staff Reporter
editorial@derryjournal.com
Updated on the 15 August 2014
All Ireland Primate Cardinal Sean Brady has confirmed he has offered his resignation to Pope Francis.
The resignation of Cardinal Brady will lead to the elevation of Derry’s Eamon Martin, currently Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, to the cardinalship.
In a statement issued this morning, Cardinal Brady said: “Last month I offered my resignation to Pope Francis in accordance with the requirement of Canon Law. I did so in anticipation of my seventy-fifth birthday which I will celebrate tomorrow.
He added: “I look forward to the day when my resignation will be accepted and when Archbishop Eamon will take over as Archbishop, a position for which, I believe, he is excellently prepared.”
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