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Illinois will not renew adoption contracts with Catholic Charities over civil union dispute
The state of Illinois has announced it will not renew its foster care and adoption contracts with Catholic Charities across Illinois, because the group has said it would not comply with the state’s new civil unions law.
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Rhode Island Bishop on civil unions: ‘God will pass judgment upon our state’
Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, on Thursday sent a warning to Rhode Islanders of God’s wrath for the passage of same-sex civil unions, and forbade Catholics from entering into such unions.
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Vatican adviser: Cuomo should be denied Communion for supporting gay marriage
A theology professor in Detroit and senior adviser to the Vatican has blasted New York’s Catholic governor, Andrew Cuomo, for supporting marriage equality, and suggested that Cuomo be punished by being denied Holy Communion.
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Catholic Archbishop Timothy Dolan: ‘If we allow gays to marry, men will marry their sisters’
If you thought that Evangelicals had a monopoly on homophobia and religious bigotry, you were wrong. Check out this little diatribe, from Catholic Archbishop Timothy Doaln of New York.
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Church holds sidewalk prayer service to protest cancellation of gay pride mass
Parishioners of a Boston church on Sunday gathered on the sidewalk for a prayer service in protest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston’s decision to cancel a gay pride Mass themed “All are Welcome.”
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Catholic Archdiocese orders cancellation of Mass commemorating Boston Pride
The Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has ordered a local church to cancel a Mass scheduled for next weekend themed “All are Welcome,” caving to criticism that the church was sanctioning a celebration of LGBT Pride month.
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Two more Catholic Charities in IL drop adoption, foster care over civil unions
Catholic Charities of Peoria and Joliet, Illinois, following the lead of the Rockford Diocese, announced Friday that they will discontinue adoption and foster care programs because of the state’s civil unions law that took effect June 1.
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Rockford Catholic diocese to end adoption programs over same-sex civil unions
The Rockford, Ill., Catholic Diocese announced Thursday that it would discontinue adoption and foster care programs rather than be forced to serve same-sex or unmarried opposite-sex couples under the state’s new civil unions law.
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NY Archbishop: Same-sex marriage is social engineering, perilous to us all
Timothy Dolan, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, on Friday blogged that tampering with the definition of marriage — by legalizing same-sex marriage — is an “Orwellian social engineering” and perilous to us all.
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Catholic adoption agencies threaten to turn away gay couples
One of the largest adoption and foster care services in Illinois has threatened to drop those services if it is forced to place children with gay and lesbian couples, a move that could affect thousands of children.