I refer to the remarks from Cardinal Brady in relation to the possible legislation by the Government and, in a ironic twist, the Sunday reading from the Church was “An extract from a letter from Saint Paul to Ephesians 5:21-32” and I quote: “Wives should regard their husbands as they regard the Lord…”, “.. And as the Church submits to Christ, so should wives to their husbands, in everything.”

A REBEL cleric who openly defied a bishop’s authority was buried yesterday.

Signs of hope in Iraq, the Holy Land and Lebanon need to be confirmed by fair and wise actions on the ground, Pope Benedict XVI said today during a Christmas Day message delivered from the loggia of St Peter’s Basilica.