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The Miraculous Medal: Ireland's Hope and Ours

A holy medal tumbling from a ballot box as the voting papers are emptied out feels like a cry from the past. The quiet roar of a forgotten people


-- The Theology Of Home

A story out of Ireland two months ago got little attention here across the pond, but it offers a rare ray of hope in the culture war.

As The Guardian explained, back in March, on the International Day of Women, the Irish voted on a proposed referendum that would have changed language in the constitution, redefining the family, no longer founded on marriage, but based on "durable relationships." It also proposed changing language about motherhood, removing reference to a “mother’s duties in the home" to more general language about care from family members. ---More...

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