Bishops call on parishioners to oppose repeal of Eighth

At Masses throughout the country yesterday, bishops petitioned parishioners to vote against repealing the Eighth Amendment, with one saying that society has been “walking with our eyes closed into an era of eugenics”.

The bishops authored pastoral messages which were delivered to congregations across their dioceses.

In his message to 68 parishes, the Bishop of Cork and Ross John Buckley said where a baby is terminally ill or has been conceived through rape “especially in those tragic cases both the mother and her unborn child can and must be loved and cherished”.