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Ireland’s Church leaders have said it is too early for collective worship to resume but, in this morning’s Irish Times, Archbishop Eamon Martin has appealed for church buildings to re-open for private prayer as soon as is safely possible
“When you lock the doors of a church there is a visceral symbolic statement being made. …Even though the numbers will probably be extremely small, I would really like (it if) the churches in Northern Ireland were open for private worship.” – Archbishop Eamon Martin
Click here to read the article in the Irish Times.
Radio Ulster Interview
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Click here to listen to Archbishop Eamon’s Remarks on BBC Good Morning Ulster. Starts at 38.40