IRELAND
National Catholic Reporter
Michael Kelly Catholic News Service | Nov. 4, 2014
DUBLIN Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin decried comments from clerics and others who said Pope Francis caused confusion in his calls for an open discussion on how the church should reach out to those who are marginalized, hurt and wounded in their lives during the recent Synod of Bishops on the family.
Martin said he was “quite surprised at the remarks of some commentators within church circles about the recent Synod of Bishops, often making accusations of confusion where such confusion did not exist and so actually fomenting confusion.”
He did not identify specific comments Tuesday during a Mass marking the refurbishment of a church at the Dublin Institute of Technology.
U.S. Cardinal Raymond Burke, prefect of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature, has been among those who described some discussions during the synod as causing confusion. The cardinal also warned that it “could even induce the faithful into error with regard to the teaching about marriage and other teachings.”
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