IRELAND
The Journal
March 28, 2018
By Christina Finn
The government will tell the Vatican that families ‘of all shapes and forms’ should be celebrated during Pope’s Irish visit
THE TAOISEACH HAS said it would be appropriate for the Pope to visit survivors of abuse perpetrated by the Catholic Church when he visits Ireland in August.
Leo Varadkar also said that the government’s view that “families in all their shapes and forms should be celebrated” will be relayed to the Vatican.
Leo Varadkar told the Dáil yesterday that the government is very much of the view that there are many different types of families.
“All types should be celebrated, including the traditional nuclear family with the man married to the woman with children, one-parent families, families led by grandparents, and families led by same-sex couples. We will make it known in our meetings with the organisers that the government’s view is that families in all their forms should be celebrated,” he said.
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