The Church will never change its teaching on issues of life and marriage, the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin has said. Speaking at Saint Mary’s Church, Haddington Road, on where the Church will be in ten years time, Archbishop Martin said “Let me be very clear.  The Church will never change its teaching on marriage and on the right to life. The Church will never compromise in its teaching on marriage and the right to life.” Acknowledging that such a stance puts the Church at odds with contemporary culture regarding abortion and same-sex marriage, he said that a Christian involves being open to hostility and even to martyrdom, although Christians here are more likely to suffer marginalization rather than martyrdom.  Nonetheless, he said, marginalization should not lead Christians to fly from reality into a comfort zone and the safety of the likeminded.