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CONGREGATION:THERE WAS warm personal support for Cardinal Brady among Mass-goers at St Patrick’s Cathedral yesterday, but only a few were prepared to state decisively whether he should remain as primate or resign.

“It wouldn’t be for me to judge what he should do or not do,” said one man. “We know Cardinal Brady is a lovely man. It’s a sad situation for the Catholic Church. We just hope it will right itself, but it’s going to be a very painful business.”