Less than three months after the Vatican issued a decree forbidding priests from blessing same-sex unions, nearly two dozen U.S. Catholic leaders and organizations kicked off the celebration of Pride .
Faced with opposition from the Vatican, prominent Catholics opt for disobedience
‘I was appalled,’ said the former president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, ‘appalled by the very idea a Vatican document would say a gay couple is not capable of either receiving or expressing God’s grace.’ Visitors admire the Sistine Chapel inside the Vatican Museums on the occasion of the museum s reopening, in Rome, May 3, 2021. The Vatican Museums reopened to visitors after a shutdown for COVID-19 containment measures. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
May 12, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Over the past week, Catholic priests all over Germany have been openly defying the Vatican by blessing same-sex couples. As the Vatican struggles to answer the demands for representation and inclusivity by some factions in the church, a growing number of Catholic faithful opt for disobedience as a last resort.
Graphic illustrations reveal âThe Truth about the Irish Famineâ, in new book
Written by Kerry author Jerry Mulvihill, The Truth Behind the Irish Famine 1845-1852 features 72 original paintings and illustrations alongside eye-witness accounts.
Apr 27, 2021
Artist Danny Howes depiction of a Famine eviction for Jerry Mulvihill s compelling new book. Jerry Mulvihill/Danny Howes
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A new book uses eye-witness accounts, original paintings, and vivid illustrations to tell the harrowing story of the Irish Famine.Â
Written by Kerry author Jerry Mulvihill, The Truth Behind the Irish Famine 1845-1852 features 72 original paintings and illustrations alongside eye-witness accounts in order to visualize and create a better understanding of the darkest time in Irish history.Â
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Apr 16, 2021 12:36 PM
The Church of Ireland’s Dean of Waterford has announced she will be stepping down in the coming months, vowing to be an “enormous thorn” in the side of the country’s religious leadership in her retirement.
Rev Maria Jansson said “screaming fundamentalists” have taken over parishes in the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic Church but they will “invariably fail” as followers will inevitably leave.
Bigotry, homophobia and “supremacism” must be “called out and named and challenged”, Rev Janssen said.
“All of that is dysfunctional,” she told Deise Today on WLR, but “every empire falls, every dictator dies.”
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