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Anglican Church of Ireland head wants end to UK ban on Catholic monarchs

The new head of the Church of Ireland has described the ban on any monarch becoming or marrying a Catholic as antiquated.

The primate elect's plea for the repeal of the 1701 Act of Settlement and the disestablishment of the Church of England revives a thorny constitutional controversy and sets him at odds with his Anglican colleagues over the water.
Read entire article at Guardian