{"id":321495,"date":"2026-02-28T08:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/321495\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T08:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:21:08","slug":"limerick-priests-says-banning-open-coffin-wakes-in-churches-is-regrettable-and-problematic-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/321495\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick priests says banning open-coffin wakes in churches is \u2018regrettable and problematic\u2019 &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxNeEV1OEI4c1RsZWFYa2tjNzNYQWxkYk51OGliRUxjZnl4MUtfcUpSaWhiUkdCdENWOHdVc2VpWDJoaG4wa1Jja290LXE3eDlfTkZNbmhYUkZ6R0gzZDNXSWpDV0puWDZIWjdyNHprZFVGSzNOZDRJZmVQZG1BWmZoTVBBQVpvNTJ0d1hHTG9Cdk5RdnJrdHp4cXMxYTJSaTJmX0w4QllxZFdRdkFaN2x1cmJFeGJqOUZqY2VwaHNSZWlzRDVVLUR5RkZn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Limerick priests says banning open-coffin wakes in churches is \u2018regrettable and problematic\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigJBVV95cUxPQUxkWjNERHNQSldFU3dtM096eUR1T3lBNC1iQm90SlpVMFhvb0hlb0d3djlRSFdzdzI2VlF3S29XVUlxRFowOXpFV0pVUWZrT2swMmFYUDdTRU9MRm5kM3VWcUVPYXlaMWZSandvemlLZkxIcTZPSDFqbjFrZF84VTZmenpGaGdmX05JNnFFSk9rdlE1MnFFRnpqSkU4cHk4RGM0bG9YSFZYeWQwS2hkZDlMYjJxcGt4Ukswa202OTljRmYwMUUyN2h4SklCbFhwYW9LTUY5cnRXLXJrcDlrLXUwWmxDaW9hYWluUmw2X3kzMFVqU2Q1ZUR3WXdZYmFfRmI1T1E3Nld6Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sarah Mac Donald: Wakes should be held in the home, not in a church \u2013 but bishops and priests need to compromise on eulogies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE1SaTItWmRXMndmUjNwX1VhTlNubHhRYTg3S0dtMF9qcF9GQ3M5VlRYNHJSQnFCX0V6Q0ltYjJyM1J6ZmlTLTdMTDU1ZFVZV3ZsQUxzaTVhaEd4UHlsUHhHT2l3c0t0cmdkZVlwemZzSWdHWlJRUEJPd3ZFVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wakes not permitted in Catholic churches, says Bishop<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxNNzdEa2FVR0VnUlN6eTBYdWhWQXBCU3pUdnhSaEwwb1IwOEdnZkpCU05JT1E0S0dDOGNCOGNsVk9xX1E2YVJxNG5TdnVfS2pYMDV3RWpudVA2WURKZUlXeWJUT0ljMVp3bHV2TlZ2SnJQSy1ONGl4YXk5V3p1cDhiQWJFNmROUEplb2lJWUdBNWR6X0UyNWsySkFGNXN5N1F4ZUZnZnFPSm5TRDQxTWpEanJoM0N0OTdSc2FCbkNIVEVnQlB5UEJ2SlZqWHlsek5XU3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Funeral \u2018wakes with an open coffin not permitted\u2019 in Longford catholic churches<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Longford Leader<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxNdjBlWkswOGZxZW8yd0ZNR3lLNURTU0MtWVZvaHMxMjBKZ3VuQ0c3YmJrc0xLblhiMFVySkNYVVhrS1BPci0yR0o0ZE84dzZoRGdLMnZLb2lya3dfVzJjZE9wR1cwZU9PdkVyeE01YkdLRzRvM3U0Z2Zibl9jdkhOcWlncTA0aEN6OXFYQTNqeGw5a0dfQ1NyNTNOZkFtWDJrZzhmV3J2OEFtMjcxOVNVOQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wakes with open coffins not allowed in churches, bishop clarifies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Limerick priests says banning open-coffin wakes in churches is \u2018regrettable and problematic\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalSarah Mac Donald: Wakes should be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[149518,147333,147334,12780,149519,32555,61,60,147335,43],"class_list":["post-321495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-association-of-catholic-priests","tag-bishop-of-ardagh-and-clonmacnois","tag-bishop-paul-connell","tag-catholic-church","tag-father-roy-donovan","tag-funerals","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-catholic-bishops","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}