IRELAND
Catholic World Report
96,000 postcards have been sent to Ireland’s prime minister protesting the closing of country’s Embassy to the Holy See.
By Michael Kelly
Ireland’s Prime Minister Enda Kenny at a news conference following a meeting of European leaders in Brussels in June 2011. (CNS photo/Reuters)
The Irish Government is coming under increased pressure to reverse a controversial decision to close the country’s Embassy to the Holy See.
Dozens of parliamentarians – including many from the Fine Gael and Labour coalition parties – attended a meeting in Dublin January 18 called to highlight opposition to the closure and some 96,000 postcards have been sent to Prime Minister Enda Kenny by members of several different lay initiatives and individual Catholics protesting the move.
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