The Irish priest muzzled by the Vatican for his liberal views has received overwhelming support from colleagues worldwide, with a senior member of the Irish Redemptorist order saying liberal priests are being subjected to FBI-like attention from ultra-orthodox “Catholic agents”.

ALMOST €16 million worth of property was sold at yesterday’s distressed properties auction at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin.

MORE than 650 young Catholics from 23 countries are expected to travel to Limerick next week for the first-ever Redemptorist Youth Congress to be held in Ireland.