Ireland’s ruling anti Catholic party Fianna Fail have deleted a vile bigoted tweet after pressure from Catholic Arena and others.
The tweet was posted on Ógra Fianna Fail's Twitter, the youth branch of the party that saddled taxpayers with the bank bailout.
It depicted Pope Francis, but with the Eucharist replaced with an video of Ógra Fianna Fail promoting their party.
As the backlash unfurled, the party begin hiding replies on their feed, which were overwhelmingly negative.
The nasty anti Catholic tweets received widespread condemnation.
Catholic Arena and others suggested reporting the attack as a hate crime on the Gardai's new online hate crime reporting tool.
Faced with a growing international outrage, they have now deleted the offensive tweet, without explanation or apology.
Catholic Arena reached out to both the Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Ógra Fianna Fail President Niall Gaffney but as of time of writing neither had responded.
One thing is clear, the attacks on the faith during the lockdown and recent anti prayer zone proposals are the work of a party that knows it cannot escape its past as a pro bailout party, so now it tries to distance itself from its perceived historic proximity to the Catholic faith.
We should take them in good faith and ensure that Fianna Fail church gate collections come to an end immediately.
Please email info@catholicbishops.ie and ask them to ensure that they do not tolerate church gate collections from this party in future.