The so-called Association of Catholic Priests (ACP), a breakaway group of priests have said on their website; “In solidarity with LGBTQ+ to honour June as Pride Month our Homepage banner features the Rainbow colours”.
In a recent Telegram post, Catholic Arena said in response “The Association of Catholic Priests, heavily linked to the ruling Fine Gael party, have also decided to celebrate Pride Month”.
A number of comments have been made on the ACP site by Catholic lay people;
“Does anyone remember when June was called ‘the Month of the Sacred Heart’?” posts E. Finnegan
M Varlon posted;
“I don’t mean to sound complaining, but…
Where is the black lives matter icon?
where is the women’s rights banner?
Where is the slogan for world’s education and health rights?
Where is the no slavery or no human traffic banner?
Where is the slogan for the poor and the neglected?”
Whilst J. Fielding posted;
“What does this action serve us? A distraction. Rather than calling us to be strong Catholics, the ACP would distract us with political movements.
With priests like this, no wonder the Church’s congregation continues to hemorrhage. No wonder there is nobody my age (28) interested in what they have to say. Does the ACP not ask themselves “What are we doing wrong?”. Have they never spoken to a young Catholic and asked them why their friends don’t go to Mass?”
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