Society left wringing as bell tolls for Angelus

As RTÉ announces plans to revamp the Angelus, Margaret Hickey asks whether our lack of enthusiasm or at least ambivalence about its demise might well hold a deeper question

So it is time to sound a parting knell for the Angelus. We are no longer a Catholic country and the national, publicly funded broadcaster must fall into line with the new consensus.

Over the years, the Angelus has morphed into something that, apart from pealing church bells, has very little to do with any religion.