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US group seems to be behind Uganda’s deadly antigay law
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, is demanding to know if the right-wing group known as the Fellowship Foundation…
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Did the Pope just back down from LGBT blessings? Hmmm
Pope Francis said in an interview published on Monday that Africans were a “special case” in the opposition of bishops and many other people in the continent to homosexuality…
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Pope doubles down on the blessing of same-sex couples
Pope Francis has defended his controversial decision to let priests bless same-sex couples but admitted that “solitude is a price you have to pay” when you make difficult decisions…
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Priest who organized ‘gay orgy’ arrested after man dies
Just days after Pope Francis made headlines approving the blessing of same-sex unions, a priest in Poland has been arrested after a gay sex scandal rocked the Catholic Church there…
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Pope Francis calls for a ban on the ‘despicable’ practice of surrogacy
Only weeks after he approved blessing same-sex couples, Pope Francis has spoken out against the practice of surrogacy, likening it to human trafficking…
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How ‘homosexuals’ ended up in English-language Bibles
A filmmaker’s efforts to find affirmation from her parents led her on a journey culminating in a documentary on how a translation of the Bible lent justification to homophobia…
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Same-sex marriage is fracturing Christian denominations
Catholics around the world are sharply divided by the Vatican’s recent declaration giving priests more leeway to bless same-sex couples. Supporters of LGBTQ inclusion…