Irish Bishops: Children Should Masquerade as "Fruits" for Sunday Liturgy

The Irish bishops have published a 28-page recommendation for Sunday liturgies during the "Season of Creation 2024". It will be celebrated this fall. The new name for Thanksgiving is Season of Creation Liturgy. Ideas for preparing liturgies include the using technology for audio-visual resources and displaying the fruits of the harvest in front of the altar. The prelates encourage to "invite children to dress in fruit and vegetable costumes and bring fruits of the earth to bring to the altar in the entrance procession." The "penitential rite" blames human activities for a destruction of "Mother Earth, our common home". The English term "fruit" is also used as a slang term to refer to homosexuals. Source