Theologian hits out at Archbishop Connell's appointment

A leading Catholic theologian has criticised the Vatican's decision to appoint Archbishop of Dublin Desmond Connell a cardinal as "ill-judged and insensitive".

A leading Catholic theologian has criticised the Vatican's decision to appoint Archbishop of Dublin Desmond Connell a cardinal as "ill-judged and insensitive".

Fr Oliver Rafferty, Prof of Ecclesiastical History at Maynooth College said the

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