THE Catholic Church in Ireland is at a defining moment in its history and recent child sex abuse scandals have damaged public trust in its leaders, according to Cardinal Seán Brady.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin will meet Northern Secretary Shaun Woodward today but a breakthrough on policing and justice does not look imminent, Stormont sources have said.

Thousands of mourners are expected to turn out for the funeral of Cardinal Cahal Daly at St Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh later.

POLITICIANS and church leaders have paid tribute to the efforts of Cardinal Cahal Daly in helping end the Troubles.

CARDINAL Cahal Daly was best known during his time in office as an outspoken critic of the IRA.

The former head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Cahal Daly, will lie in state tomorrow in the cathedral closely linked to his ministry.

Politicians and church leaders today paid tribute to the legacy of Cardinal Cahal Daly, who died last night in Belfast City Hospital at the age of 92.

CARDINAL Cahal Daly, one of this country’s most senior Catholic churchmen, died yesterday in a Belfast hospital.

The former Catholic Primate of All Ireland Cahal Daly remains seriously ill in hospital this morning.

THIS MORNING Pope Benedict XVI will invite Archbishop Seán Brady to become a Cardinal and the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern will represent the Government when Archbishop of Armagh Dr Sean Brady is made a cardinal in Rome later this month.

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THE greatest number of heads of state and religious leaders to ever gather in the Vatican will attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II on Friday morning.

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