"Human rights cannot simply be abandoned to the category of vague aspirations," the Most Reverend Diarmuid Martin added. The Archbishop was delivering the homily at the annual mass at St Michan's Roman Catholic Church in Dublin marking the opening of the new legal year. The congregation included the Minister for Justice, Charlie Flanagan; Attorney General Seamus Woulfe and senior members of the judiciary and legal professions from here, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In a homily focussing on the importance of unity, Archbishop Martin said justice "will never be attained by polemics and polarisation". There are "even those who would propose obedience to the commandments of God and his Church using a language that is anything but loving".

Source: Evening echo October 01, 2018 14:48 UTC