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Credit: nito/Shutterstock. Rio Gallegos, Argentina, Feb 9, 2021 / 08:01 pm (CNA).- The Diocese of Río Gallegos reported Feb. 8 that it did not authorize an attempted marriage between a man and a male transsexual on Feb. 6. The attempted marriage took place in the parish of Nuestra Señora de la Merced, administered by the Salesian congregation in Ushuaia, more than 350 miles south of Rio Gallegos. It was witnessed by Father Fabián Colman. According to the Argentine news agency Télam, Victoria Castro, a 46-year-old transsexual male, and Pablo López Silva, 54, asked Father Colman to hold a ceremony in the parish to proclaim their wedding vows according to the Catholic Church. ....
Seminarians of Santa María Madre de Dios Seminary in San Rafael, Argentina. Credit: ACI Prensa. San Rafael, Argentina, Jan 12, 2021 / 07:01 pm (CNA).- A group of Catholic women in the Diocese of San Rafael have launched a campaign to adopt the seminarians affected by the closure of the local seminary. The campaign was launched by the association called “Madres del pañuelo celeste” (Mothers of the blue scarf,) a reference to the scarf that identifies the Catholic pro-life movement in Argentina. They said that campaign is especially needed since the future of the San Rafael seminarians is uncertain. On July 27 the Bishop of San Rafael, José María Taussig, announced that, by order of the Vatican, the Santa María Madre de Dios Seminary would be closed by the end of 2020 and the seminarians would be relocated to other Argentine dioceses. ....
Podcast: Ranking the Cabinet ministers on their 2020 performance The ‘Irish Examiner’ political team Daniel McConnell, Elaine Loughlin, Paul Hosford, and Aoife Moore give their individual assessments of the performance of the 15 people around the Cabinet table. The ‘Irish Examiner’ political team Daniel McConnell, Elaine Loughlin, Paul Hosford, and Aoife Moore give their individual assessments of the performance of the 15 people around the Cabinet table. Mon, 21 Dec, 2020 - 06:30 Daniel McConnell, Elaine Loughlin, Paul Hosford and Aoife Moore The 177 days in the life of this government have been turbulent, to say the least. Battling the twin crises of Brexit and Covid-19, the historic three-party Coalition has proven itself to be resilient if not extraordinarily prone to self-imposed errors. ....