Profile, Cardinal Desmond Connell: published April 14, 2002

Before Desmond Connell was appointed Archbishop of Dublin, he was on retreat in Rome when an inscription caught his eye. Taken from St. John’s gospel, it read: “In the world, you will have trouble.” He could hardly have imagined the extent to which that prediction would come true over the next 14 years.

The apogee of Connell’s Calvary was apparent at last week’s Maynooth news conference, when the 76-year-old prelate sat with head ...