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Woman gives ‘lecture’ in place of homily at Mass in Ireland, contravening Canon Law
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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.

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Michael Haynes
Feb 09, 2024
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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.

Pádraigín Clancy…

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