A major new study endorsed by 60 top international scholars, including former president of Ireland, Professor Mary McAleese, has called for an «urgent» change in Catholic teaching on gay relationships.
Former Irish president Mary McAleese has said she was hopeful that Pope Francis would change the Catholic Church’s teachings on homosexuality, which she described as «evil».
The LGBTIReland Report, one of the largest national studies of mental health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, has just been launched.
A representative of the Association of Catholic Priests has welcomed comments from the former President Mary McAleese in relation to homosexuality within the Catholic Church.
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