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  • Catholic women’s groups protest Vatican’s gay union stance

    Catholic women’s groups protest Vatican’s gay union stance

    • Apr 1, 2021

    Five Catholic women’s organizations in German-speaking areas have released an open letter calling for the Vatican to reverse its position that priests cannot bless same-sex unions.

    By Associated Press
  • Belgian bishop lashes out at Vatican over gay unions decree

    Belgian bishop lashes out at Vatican over gay unions decree

    • Mar 17, 2021

    A Belgian bishop has lashed out at the Vatican over its decree that the Catholic Church won’t bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.”

    By Raf Casert
  • Transcript shows pope’s distinction between gay marriage, civil unions

    Transcript shows pope’s distinction between gay marriage, civil unions

    • Oct 27, 2020

    When Pope Francis said gay people have a right to be in a family and that gay couples needed some form of civil law to protect their rights, he was not saying that gay couples should have a right to adopt children.

    By Cindy Wooden
  • Fiasco over pope’s cut civil union quote intensifies impact

    Fiasco over pope’s cut civil union quote intensifies impact

    • Oct 24, 2020

    The world premiere of a documentary on Pope Francis was supposed to have been a bright spot for a papacy locked down by a pandemic and besieged by a corruption scandal, recalling Francis’ glory days traveling the world to bless the oppressed.

    By Nicole Winfield
  • Pope’s civil union words spark reactions around the globe

    Pope’s civil union words spark reactions around the globe

    • Oct 23, 2020

    Across the globe, Pope Francis’s comments endorsing same-sex civil unions were received by some as encouragement for an advancing struggle and condemned by others as an earth-shaking departure from church doctrine.

    By María Verza and Christopher Sherman
  • Bishops: Pope’s civil union remarks won’t change teaching on marriage

    Bishops: Pope’s civil union remarks won’t change teaching on marriage

    • Oct 23, 2020

    Pope Francis’s expression of openness to the idea of laws recognizing civil unions, including for gay couples, to protect their rights does not change church teaching on marriage as being between one woman and one man, said several U.S. bishops and dioceses.

    By Dennis Sadowski
  • Mexico broadcaster: Pope’s civil union quote not broadcast

    • Oct 23, 2020

    A Mexican television broadcaster confirmed Thursday that Pope Francis’ bombshell comments endorsing same-sex civil unions were made during a May 2019 interview that was never broadcast in its entirety.

    By Nicole Winfield and Maria Verza
  • Key ally says pope’s always backed same-sex ‘civil coexistence’

    Key ally says pope’s always backed same-sex ‘civil coexistence’

    • Oct 23, 2020

    Despite mounting doubt about whether Pope Francis’s bombshell remarks this week on civil unions in a new documentary are the result of clever editing by the movie’s director, a close ally from Argentina often dubbed his ghostwriter said the pontiff has always supported “civil coexistence” for same-sex couples.

    By Inés San Martín
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