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The Presbyterian Church in Ireland has agreed its moderator should meet Pope Francis when he visits Ireland in August, while it has also loosened ties with the Church of Scotland over the latter’s moves towards recognising same-sex marriage. For similar reasons it has also decided to loosen ties with the United Reformed Church.
Generally recognised as mother church of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Church of Scotland has instructed officials to consider changes to its laws to allow its ministers preside at same-sex-marriage ceremonies.
At the Presbyterian General Assembly, which is meeting in Belfast this week, delegates voted to allow moderator Rev Dr Charles McMullen to meet the pope when he attends World Meeting of Families events in Dublin on August 25th and 26th next.
Traditionally the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland, has been most opposed to Catholicism and its leadership.
Presbyterian Church leader allowed to meet pope in Ireland
Generally recognised as mother church of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Church of Scotland has instructed officials to consider changes to its laws to allow its ministers preside at same-sex-marriage ceremonies.
At the Presbyterian General Assembly, which is meeting in Belfast this week, delegates voted to allow moderator Rev Dr Charles McMullen to meet the pope when he attends World Meeting of Families events in Dublin on August 25th and 26th next.
Traditionally the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland, has been most opposed to Catholicism and its leadership.
Presbyterian Church leader allowed to meet pope in Ireland
