IRELAND
Irish Independent
Sarah MacDonald
Published 20/06/2014
A LEADING theologian has criticised Mary McAleese’s claim that the Pope’s synod is “bonkers” saying her comments were “not in keeping with what you would expect from an ex president”.
The retired professor of moral theology at St Patrick’s College in Maynooth, Fr Vincent Twomey, rejected Mary McAleese’s hard hitting criticisms, saying they were “not serious comments”.
Ms McAleese made headlines earlier this week when she criticised the Catholic Church’s forthcoming synod on the family, in Rome.
On Monday, Dr McAleese dismissed the synod as “bonkers” because the views of celibate bishops would be canvassed.
She said there was “something profoundly wrong and skewed” about asking “150 male celibates” to review the Catholic Church’s teaching on family life.
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