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Vatican confirms meeting with Pope Francis and Kim Davis took place
The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, said the meeting was private and that no photos would be released.
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Vatican gets embroiled in Italy’s ‘banned books’ fray
A formulaic blessing by Pope Francis of a lesbian children’s book publisher and her partner had been interpreted by the press as an endorsement of their lifestyle.
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Vatican: Ireland same-sex marriage vote a ‘defeat for humanity’
The Vatican’s secretary of state has called the Irish vote to legalize same-sex marriage a “defeat for humanity,” evidence of the soul-searching going on in Catholic circles after the predominantly Roman Catholic country overwhelmingly rejected traditional church teaching on marriage.
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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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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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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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Hate group leader Tony Perkins to join gay marriage foes at Vatican meeting
Next week, American Religious Right leaders including the Southern Baptist Convention’s Russell Moore, pastor Rick Warren, Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput, and Latter-Day Saints official Henry Eyring will be joining opponents of LGBT equality from around the world at an interfaith conference on the “complementarity of man and woman in marriage” hosted by the Vatican.
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Catholic bishops scrap welcome to gays in sign of church split
VATICAN CITY — Catholic bishops scrapped their landmark welcome to gays Saturday, showing deep divisions at the end of a two-week meeting sought by Pope Francis to chart a more merciful approach to ministering to Catholic families. The bishops failed to approve even a watered-down section on ministering to homosexuals that stripped away …
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Updated translation of Vatican report much colder, less welcoming to gays
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is watering down a ground-breaking overture to gays – but only if they speak English. After a draft report by bishops debating family issues came under criticism from conservative English-speaking bishops, the Vatican released a new translation on Thursday.