IRELAND
Irish Independent
David Raleigh
July 10 2017
A Cardinal, tipped to be the next pope, is to give a keynote speech at a major Catholic conference in Limerick this week.
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, who is Pope Francis’s lead cardinal on new pastoral direction, Amoris Laetitia, will address the ‘Let’s Talk Family: Let’s Be Family’ conference at Mary Immaculate College (MIC), on Thursday.
Cardinal Schönborn, a son of divorced parents, and who promotes acceptance of homosexuality and increased lay involvement in the Church, was censored by the Vatican in 2010 after he accused another cardinal of covering up clerical sexual abuse.
Cardinal Schönborn attracted international headlines last year when he said “many Muslims” are intent on invading Europe and conquering Christians.
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