Woman gives ‘lecture’ in place of homily at Mass in Ireland, contravening Canon Law
Canon Law stipulates that only a priest or deacon deliver the homily during Mass.
WESTPORT, Ireland (PerMariam) –– In an apparent violation of Canon Law, a woman preached in place of the homily at two Masses in Ireland over last weekend.
On the evening of February 3 and morning of February 4, parishioners at St. Mary’s church in Westport, in the West of Ireland, had their homily given by a pastoral worker from Dublin.
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