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The 24 senior clergymen will hold face-to-face talks with Pope Benedict and his senior officials on February 15 and 16.

It comes as bishops prepare for a special conference in Maynooth this week to discuss the fall-out from the Murphy Report and a promised pastoral letter from the Pontiff to Irish Catholics over the abuse revelations



Lets hope he dosent wear that orange sash