Ballymurphy memorial in west Belfast. The causes of canonisation of Fr Hugh Mullan and Fr Noel Fitzpatrick, both killed while ministering to the dying during the Troubles, have been opened. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain. The former PSNI Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Baroness Nuala O’Loan has welcomed the news that two Belfast priests shot dead by the British Army have had their cases opened for potential recognition of sainthood by the bishop. “I am so very pleased to hear that Bishop McGuckian has initiated the process ‘for the cause of saints’ and…
