Tag: homosexuality
Reports from meeting with Italian bishops say Pope Francis used ‘derogatory...
VATICAN CITY -- Six days after Pope Francis had a closed-door meeting with members of the Italian bishops' conference, a notorious Italian gossip website...
Pope Francis says ‘pastoral charity’ needed for gay marriage, but should...
VATICAN CITY -- The Catholic Church, in pursuit of "pastoral prudence," should discern if there are ways of giving blessings to homosexual persons that...
Irish priest removed from duties for controversial remarks about a gay...
DUBLIN -- A spokesman for Ireland's deputy prime minister referred to Pope Francis' famous line "Who am I to judge?" after a priest said...
Vatican Congregation of the Faith says no to blessing same-sex unions,...
VATICAN CITY -- While homosexual men and women must be respected, any form of blessing a same-sex union is "illicit," said the Vatican Congregation...
Blaming homosexuality for abuse of minors is distraction, victims say
ROME — People must stop using homosexuals as scapegoats for the sexual abuse of children, two male survivors of abuse by priests told reporters.
“To...
Homosexual abuse survivor: Pope says God loves me the way I...
VATICAN CITY -- An abuse survivor, who had been disparaged for being a homosexual, said that Pope Francis told him that God made him...