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Benedict XVI: Legalization of same-sex marriage is ‘a distortion of conscience’
September 17, 2021
Vatican City, Sep 16, 2021 / 09:15 am Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has said that the legalization of same-sex marriage in many countries is “a distortion of conscience” which has also entered some Catholic circles. In an introduction to a new anthology of his writings on Europe, Benedict XVI said that “with the legalization of
Fr James Martin’s Subtle Method for Undermining Sound Doctrine
June 02, 2021
I think I’ve finally wrapped my mind around Fr James Martin SJ’s method for undermining sound doctrine and leading souls astray without ever actually committing heresy. Others have described him as “going right up to the line, and never crossing it.” This is a fair metaphor, but not completely accurate. Martin frames his arguments in
Not Fabulous: Surrogacy Erases Women
April 24, 2021
Tan France promises to love the child a surrogate mother is carrying for him and his partner. But what about the anonymous mother? Surrogacy isn't an innocent economic exchange.
Portland archbishop thanks pope for Vatican ‘no’ to same-sex blessings
March 25, 2021
“I would like to express gratitude to the Holy Father for the recent statement from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,” Archbishop Sample said March 23.
When Catholics Leave Over Same-Sex Marriage
March 21, 2021
Jobert E. Abueva left the Church when the Vatican said (again) that the Church can't bless same-sex relationships. “The church slams the door right at our faces.” But what if he never quite understood the Church he's left?
US SCOTUS Justices Thomas, Alito criticise same-sex marriage decision
October 06, 2020
Two US Supreme Court Justices have levelled criticism at the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, which guaranteed marriage as a right to same-sex couples.
Catholic MP introduces bill to legalise same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland
March 28, 2018
Conor McGinn said he was 'living the message of the gospel in this Holy Week'
UK government will not block restoration of traditional marriage in Bermuda
February 16, 2018
The territory becomes the first in the world to abolish same-sex marriage
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