Tag "Catholic Church"

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The Piece About What The LGBT Can Expect From Pope Francis

Pope Francis has made headlines worldwide for his conflicting statements and actions when it comes to LGBTQI people. In famous off-the-cuff remarks, he stunned many by asking “Who am I

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Pope Francis Disappoints LGBT Catholics With New Edict

LGBT Catholics are expressing great disappointment with Pope Francis’s long-awaited document on marriage and family issues, The Joy of Love, released today. The document reaffirms the Roman Catholic Church’s opposition

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Hozier Calls Out Pope Francis On Hypocrisy, Says Church Offers Excuse For Homophobia

“This is one of the paradoxes and weird hypocrisy of that organization. The Pope came out last year and said who am I to judge with regards to somebody’s sexual

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Vatican plotters planted fake brain tumour story to derail Pope on gay rights

A senior cardinal has suggested that anti-gay conservative forces within the Vatican were responsible for planting a hoax story that the Pope has a brain tumour. The Pontiff has been

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Pope Francis Speaks On Gay Marriage

Pope Francis – who has largely avoided directly speaking of controversies over LGBT rights despite heavy lobbying from conservative and liberal Catholics – made his most concrete reference to gay

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Archbishops perform exorcism on all of Mexico over same-sex marriage

Catholic Archbishops have attempted to exorcise the entire nation of Mexico – to attempt to rid the country of the “Satanic infestation” of same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriages are slowly becoming

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“Gays, Remarried Catholics Are Just As Sinful As Murderers.” – Cardinal Raymond Burke

When Pope Francis last year effectively demoted U.S. Cardinal Raymond Burke by moving him out of a senior post in the Vatican to a largely ceremonial role as head of

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What’s On Your Mind… II

Since you asked ever so nicely, I have to admit, I’m surprised I made it again so soon. I never thought I’d be able to put anything down so soon

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Bishops Declare Open War On The Pope As Too Soft On Homophobia

None of us needs to be reminded of just how homophobic the U.S. Catholic bishops are. But the bishops clearly feel a refresher is in order for Pope Francis. In

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Gay rights groups laud new Catholic tone

Gay rights groups are cautiously cheering a shift in tone from the Catholic Church toward homosexuals, encouraged that Pope Francis’ famous “Who am I to judge?” position has filtered down