Cardinal Dolan compares Islamic State to the IRA

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The Newsletter is reporting the comments of Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York.

The Cardinal said:

“Remember 30, 35, 40 years ago with the IRA in Ireland? The IRA claimed to be Catholic, ok? And they were baptised; they had a Catholic identity. What they were doing was a perversion of everything the church stood for.”

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