Martin appoints priest to bring Catholics back to fold

MISSIONARY zeal has arrived on the streets of Dublin with the appointment of an evangelical priest to bring Catholics back to the church.

Yesterday, Archbishop of Dublin Dr Diarmuid Martin began to act on his promise to have somebody knock on every door in the diocese next year to reconnect with lapsed Catholics.

At Easter he declared Dublin “mission territory” and yesterday appointed Fr Ciaran O’Carroll as the diocese’s new episcopal vicar.