Archbishop Dermot Farrell holding up the Decree
designating St Mary’s as a Cathedral for the Archdiocese of
Dublin during the Masson Friday, November 14, to mark the
Bicentenary of St Mary’s Cathedral. Photo: John McElroy. he tone was warm, the delivery assured. But does Archbishop Dermot Farrell’s Knock homily actually offer the Church in Dublin what it needs, or does it dress a crisis in hopeful language while the hard decisions go unmade? The Archbishop’s central consolation — that crisis proves life — is sound as far as it goes.…
