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News (World)
The Pope told Kim Davis to ‘stay strong’ in 2015, ambassador says
The Vatican originally said they had a short, perfunctory meeting. Now a high-ranking official says it was much more.
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News (World)
The Catholic Church is at war with itself over LGBTQ issues
Ultraconservative clergy are going after Pope Francis because they think he’s a heretic on LGBTQ issues and they’re using abused children as pawns.
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Pope Francis tells parents not to reject gay kids, but send them to therapy to ‘see how things are’
Now the Vatican is walking it back.
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News (USA)
American Catholic leaders blame the Pennsylvania sex abuse scandal on gays
Several Catholic leaders in the U.S. say that the latest abuse scandal is really a gay scandal.
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News (World)
Irish Prime Minister says he’ll address LGBTQ rights with Pope during pontiff’s visit
Ireland’s gay prime minister wants to address same-sex marriage with the pontiff, saying the church should be supportive of love and commitment.
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News (USA)
America’s most self-loathing homosexual blasts ‘the gaying of Fox News’
He accused Fox News of promoting “romantic sodomy” and suggested that gay men should just find straight men to lust after.
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News (World)
Vatican uses ‘LGBT’ for first time in report on why youth are fleeing the church
In a first, the Vatican has used “LGBT” in an official document instead of saying “homosexual tendencies” or other offensive terms.
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‘Progressive’ Pope Francis says gay couples can’t be families
As Catholic charities in America fight for the right to discriminate against LGBT couples, the Pope is wading into the fray.
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Commentary
Is Pope Francis pro-LGBTQ or not? The Church doesn’t know either.
Pope Francis keeps sending contradictory messages on LGBT issues. It’s driving both sides in the Church crazy.
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Pope Francis tells bishops to ‘keep your eyes open’ for gay seminarians
One day after the Pope told a man that God made him gay and accepted him, he told Italian bishops to reject applicants for the priesthood who may be gay.
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Commentary
Can the LGBTQ community trust Pope Francis? Ask sex abuse survivors.
It’s not enough for Francis to say he embraces our community – privately or publicly. He must also do it.
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News (World)
The Pope says God makes some people gay. Now get over it.
“God made you like this and loves you like this and I don’t care. The pope loves you like this. You have to be happy with who you are.”
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News (World)
Antigay Vatican finance chief will face jury for ‘historical sexual offenses’
Notoriously homophobic Australian Cardinal George Pell isn’t accused of covering up sex crimes. He’s accused of committing them.
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News (USA)
The House chaplain controversy splits conservatives by religion
Is the alliance between hardline Catholics and evangelicals about to shatter over the appointment of a new House chaplain?
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News (World)
A Catholic meeting about families welcomed gay ones – until it didn’t
The World Meeting of Families is becoming a battleground for conservative Catholics who are at war with LGBT rights.
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Commentary
Why it’s hypocritical for Catholic schools to only fire LGBT teachers
There are lots of ways to violate Church tenets, but the hierarchy only cares about one.
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News (World)
Same-sex couples removed from booklet ahead of Pope’s visit to Ireland for family event
Language in support of LGBT relationships was also removed, in a move that is drawing criticism from many, including a former president.
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News (USA)
3 gay musicians just got fired from their Catholic church because, you know… gay
Apparently even the sound of a gay voice lifted up in song is a sin against God now.
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News (USA)
Republicans are trying to lower taxes on the super-rich… again
Pope Francis has called out such attempts to make the rich richer.
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Commentary
Pope Francis isn’t a progressive hero, he’s the leader of a gang of bullies
With his castigations of trans people going out over social media, the Pope has become a cyber bully like Donald Trump.