Review of the news media with internet links
Same-sex marriages can now be conducted in churches in Northern Ireland if supported by church leaders
Independent.ie
It will not be possible to compel churches or individual clerics to provide the ceremony
[[] https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/same-sex-marriages-can-now-be-conducted-in-churches-in-northern-ireland-if-supported-by-church-leaders-39374468.html# ]
Relaxing NI pub opening hours: Warm welcome from hospitality sector but church ‘dismayed’ and …
Belfast Newsletter
The news has been widely welcomed by business and political sector but strongly challenged by the chair of Addiction NI and the Church of Ireland.
[[] https://www.newsletter.co.uk/business/relaxing-ni-pub-opening-hours-warm-welcome-hospitality-sector-church-dismayed-and-addiction-charity-concerned-2916034 ]
Manchester Cathedral remembers Coronavirus pandemic victims
Mail
Report on a service held at Manchester Cathedral to remember those who have died during the Coronavirus pandemic. David Walker, the Bishop of Manchester is quoted.
[[] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-8529955/Coronavirus-memorial-service-held-Manchester-Cathedral.html? ]
‘It’s a bit eerie’: Masks and Perspex screens appear at Knock Shrine
Irish Times
[[] https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/it-s-a-bit-eerie-masks-and-perspex-screens-appear-at-knock-shrine-1.4306434 ]
Book of Kells visitor centre and Old Library works planned by TCD
Irish Times
[[] https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/book-of-kells-visitor-centre-and-old-library-works-planned-by-tcd-1.4306507 ]
Clogher Diocesan Virtual Pilgrimage to Lourdes an “outstanding success” – Catholic News
[[] https://catholicnews.ie/clogher-diocesan-virtual-pilgrimage-to-lourdes-an-outstanding-success/ ]
Reopening of Westminster Abbey to visitors
Daily Telegraph
[[] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/articles/inside-the-reopened-westminster-abbey/ ]
Vatican official calls for action after U.N. reports rising hunger rate
Our Sunday Visitor
[] https://www.osvnews.com/2020/07/16/vatican-official-calls-for-action-after-u-n-reports-rising-hunger-rate/[]
Ireland’s new coalition government and the secularization of Irish schools
John P. McCarthy in Catholic World Report
There was an extraordinary gap between the last Irish national election on February 8 and the formation of a government on June 27. The gap was caused by the failure of any party to gain […]
[[] https://catholicworldreport.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cdfe43e91c67b21f72a55594f&id=6adb1ca450&e=08a4415518 ]