Mary Kenny
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth shakes hands with Martin McGuinness, watched by then-First Minister Peter Robinson, at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast June 27, 2012. Photo: CNS. I thought that the “handshake of peace”, which we used to exchange in pre-Covid times, was a lovely gesture during Mass. It was friendly, linking people together, and an expression of community. It was also egalitarian. You shook hands with whoever happened to be next to you in the pew, and, in busy city churches,…
