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Former Irish president criticizes Vatican for supporting parents’ physical discipline of children
September 13, 2017
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CWN Editor's Note: Ireland’s former president Mary McAleese has scolded the Holy See for not incorporating the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child into Church teaching. She cited the Church’s approval for corporal punishment of children by parents.
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