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Vatican mystery: Where did the ‘gays are welcome’ message originate?
VATICAN CITY — It’s one of the great mysteries of the meeting on family life taking place behind closed doors at the Vatican this week: Just where did the authors of a draft report come up with such ground-breaking language that gays had gifts to offer the church and that even homosexual partnerships had merit?
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Rollback: Conservative Catholic bishops distance themselves from gay overture
VATICAN CITY — Conservative Catholic bishops concerned about an unprecedented opening to gays and divorced people are seeking to make their voices heard at a Vatican meeting on family life, emphasizing the benefits of faithful Catholics, the fundamentals of church doctrine and the dangers of sin.
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Catholic Bishops say gays have ‘gifts and qualities’ to offer church
VATICAN CITY — Catholic bishops are showing unprecedented openness to accepting the real lives of many Catholics today, saying gays have gifts to offer the church and should be accepted and that there are “positive” aspects to a couple living together without being married. A two-week meeting of bishops on family issues arrived …
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LGBT groups cautiously cheer Catholic Church shift in tone toward gays
VATICAN CITY — LGBT rights advocates are cautiously cheering a shift in tone from the Catholic Church toward gays, encouraged that Pope Francis’ famous “Who am I to judge?” position has filtered down to bishops debating family issues at a Vatican meeting this week. There is no discussion that church doctrine on homosexuality will change …
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Vatican: Many Catholics ignore teachings on marriage, homosexuality
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican admitted Thursday that most Catholics around the world reject its teachings about sex and contraception as an intrusion into their private lives, and are ignorant of other core doctrines about marriage, divorce and homosexuality. The Vatican blamed its own priests for much of the problem, saying they simply aren’t …
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Queer Nation blasts HRC for ‘hypocrisy’ on LGBT workplace protections
NEW YORK — The gay rights activist group Queer Nation this week blasted the the Human Rights Campaign, the national’s largest LGBT lobbying group, for condemning Vatican hiring policies while it lobbies for passage of a workplace discrimination bill that includes religious protections.
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Fired teachers seek audience with Pope over Catholic Church’s anti-gay stance
WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign on Tuesday delivered a letter to the Vatican on behalf of nine teachers who have lost their jobs at Catholics schools for either being LGBT, or supporting an LGBT family member.
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Pope to convene synod to discuss gay marriage, divorce, contraception
The Vatican will convene an meeting of senior clerics this fall to re-examine church teachings on its most controversial issues: same-sex relations, divorce and contraception.
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Pope Francis suggests Catholic Church could support same-sex civil unions
ROME — While reaffirming the Catholic Church’s opposition to same-sex marriage, Pope Francis said in a newspaper interview Wednesday that the church could support some form of civil unions.
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Vatican official criticizes Uganda’s anti-gay law, calls for its repeal
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — A Vatican cardinal has criticized Uganda’s anti-gay law and called for the repeal of its severe penalties. Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said Tuesday that “homosexuals are not criminals” and shouldn’t be sentenced for up to life in prison.