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For moral reform, start at the top, says Harper

by Gregg Ryan, Ireland Correspondent

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 @ 12:45

MIRRORING the social gospel of Jesus and the Hebrew prophets was the antidote to a broken society, the retiring Primate of All Ireland, Dr Alan Harper (above), said at a farewell eucharist in his cathedral in Armagh last Friday.

"People talk of the threat to society posed by moral decline," he said. "The Prime Minister speaks of a 'broken society': feckless parenting, feral children, moral indifferentism, marital breakdown, benefit dependency and ...

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