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Gay Catholic official charged with stealing millions in COVID relief.

A gay former assistant superintendent and contracting liaison for the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has been charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $2.1 million in funds for personal use from two federal coronavirus relief programs. A statement released on Tuesday by…

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Evangelical: Trump only watched gospel TV before being elected.

Far-right evangelical leaders will say anything to get President Donald Trump reelected. And like the commander-in-chief, they’re willing to lie for political gain. Televangelist Kenneth Copeland, a member of Trump’s Faith Advisory Council, is now claiming that Trump only watched…

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Archbishop bans LGBT groups, instead offers conversion therapy.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit has banned two LGBTQ groups from gathering at churches and having mass performed, and is instead recommending a form of conversion therapy that treats sexuality like addiction. Dignity Detroit, which has offered space for…

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Homosexuals are now being blamed for the blast in Lebanon.

Qatari sociologist Abd al-Zaziz al-Khazraj al-Ansari blamed last week’s Beirut Port explosion on Lebanese girls, homosexuals and plastic surgery in the Eastern Mediterranean country.In a video that Ansari uploaded on August 6, he cites as one of the causes for the…

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Students must sign a contract with a clause against homosexuality.

A Catholic school here has drawn criticism for writing into its student enrollment contract a prohibition against homosexuality. Various groups have denounced the clause in Assumption Iloilo’s contract as discriminatory and homophobic, and the Commission on Human Rights…