Priest responds to pro-Palestinian protest

Protesters interrupted a service at St Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh on Sunday to "highlight the silence from the Catholic church on genocide in Palestine".

In a livestream of the service shared on the parish social media, about 30 protesters can be seen entering the cathedral holding placards.

Speaking in a video posted online, one protester Deirdre Murphy Linder, said they are "a group of cross-community Christians" who held a "silent a dignified procession at the end of communion".

Following the protest, the priest taking the service accused the demonstrators of using the Mass for a photo opportunity.

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