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ACCORDING TO FINTAN O’TOOLE , a scribe much admired by the American Catholic journal COMMONWEAL, 27% of people in the 26 Counties attend Sunday Mass every week.
I imagine that is a higher percentage than any in Western Europe. I know that it is higher than in France. In France, as in most of Europe, 100% of the citizens are excused servile work on HOLY DAYS when the Catholic Church requires its adherents to attend Mass.
The Irish State is out of step with Europe in this matter, though apparently anxious to pick a fight with the Russians who never did our people any wrong.
At the same time the Government is to give workers a 24 hour stoppage from work on February 1st. Not out of respect for religion but to kowtow to secular feminism.
Traditionally our people honoured St Brigid on 1st February. But it seems that there is no historical evidence of such a woman, Christian or otherwise. Like St Philomena and St Christopher, her legend has not a leg to stand on.
What will Micheal Martin do next?
Declare a Holiday in honour of Dr Spooner?
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