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Report: Pope rejected gay French diplomat over displeasure with same-sex marriage in France
A French newspaper reports that Pope Francis met France’s nominated ambassador to the Holy See, who is openly gay, and told him that the Vatican would not accept his appointment.
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Vatican mum on why France’s appointment of a gay diplomat has stalled
The Vatican has yet to approve the appointment of an openly gay French ambassador to the Holy See, prompting observers to interpret the silence as a rebuke of the man’s sexual orientation.
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Pope Francis to lunch with gay, transgender, HIV positive prison inmates
The Italian news site Vatican Insider reports the Pontiff will lunch with about 90 prisoners on Saturday as as part of a day trip to Southern Italy.
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Gay Catholics get Vatican welcome, but no papal shout-out
The Vatican did something it has never done before by giving a group of U.S. gay and lesbian Catholics VIP seats at Pope Francis’ weekly general audience Wednesday.
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Pope Francis urges Slovakia to vote ‘yes’ on referendum to restrict gay rights
Slovakia’s anti-gay marriage movement has received massive support from the Catholic Church, and Pope Francis this week even gave his blessing to the referendum in an address on St. Peter’s Square.
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Vatican says bishops should be led by Pope on issues relating to gay families
The Vatican is urging bishops to be guided by Pope Francis on family issues and pastoral care for gay and divorced Catholics and those living in civil unions.
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Austria politician tells Pope Francis to speak up for same-sex marriage
STRASBOURG, France — A prominent, openly lesbian politician from Austria presented Pope Francis with a rainbow scarf on Tuesday, and called on the Pontiff to speak up for women’s rights and same-sex marriage.
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Why I want Pope Francis to write a requiem for Gabriel Fernandez, the boy tortured to death for appearing gay
There is a story that I have felt compelled to write for three months. I have not written it because I have found it difficult to find the words. I have the words. I have the exact words. I have written them before. The story that has nagged at me is the mourning of Gabriel Fernandez, and the requiem of his death. He was eight years old. I know the words to say to Gabriel, because I wrote them in April to a little boy named Zachary…
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Pope reinforces ‘traditional’ family values in opening religious conference
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Monday that children have the right to grow up with a mother and a father, emphasizing traditional family values as he opened an interreligious conference on the “complementarity” of men and women in marriage.
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Hardline anti-gay U.S. cardinal loses another Vatican job
VATICAN CITY — American Cardinal Raymond Burke, a fervent opponent of abortion and same-sex marriage, was removed by Pope Francis from another top Vatican post on Saturday. The removal of Burke as head of the Holy See’s supreme court was widely expected in church circles.