Ireland enthusiastic for World Meeting of Families despite misgivings about abuse scandals

…A protest is being planned by Women’s Ordination Worldwide to coincide with the Aug. 26 closing papal Mass celebrated by Francis. Kate McElwee, executive director of Women’s Ordination Conference, a member of the umbrella group Women’s Ordination Worldwide, told NCR a prayerful public witness for women’s equality in the church will be held at the entrance to the park before Mass. The group, which received permission to protest from the Irish police, will be calling on Francis to open the door to dialogue on women’s ordination and to “recognize that there is no credibility in a church that denies equality to more than half of its members,” McElwee said.

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