Northern Ireland Archives - New Ways Ministry

Northern Ireland’s Bishops Seek Government Ban on Priests Celebrating LGBTQ Weddings

March 19, 2020/5 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Bishops in Northern Ireland have endorsed civil law proposals that would impose a government ban on priests performing same-gender marriages while implementing wide religious exemptions allowing discrimination against LGBTQ people. Read More

Bishops Claim Parliament “Hijacked” New Law to Legalize Marriage Equality in Northern Ireland

July 27, 2019/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Irish bishops have expressed alarm about a law passed by Britain's Parliament that would legalize marriage equality and abortion in Northern Ireland if the province's self-government is not restored by late October. Read More