Open Letter to Pope Francis

Oct 23, 2020 by

by Andrew Comiskey, Desert Stream: Dear Pope Francis, Thank you for assuming a thankless, overwhelming task. I cannot imagine the burdens you face. America’s upcoming election pales in contrast to the political challenges you face...

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What Pope Francis’s comments about gay families could mean for LGBTQ people worldwide

Oct 22, 2020 by

by Samantha Schmidt, Michelle Boorstein and Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post: As the pope’s words about gay couples spread to audiences around the world, it wasn’t just his support for the creation of civil unions that stood out. It...

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Bishop Graham’s sexuality apology: a translation from liberalese

Feb 5, 2020 by

by Will Jones, Faith and Politics: Christian Today reported on Monday on an apology from the Bishop of Norwich, Graham Usher, following the release of a pastoral statement on civil partnerships by the Church of England’s House of Bishops...

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C of E sex guidance row: synod member calls out ‘deep’ hypocrisy

Feb 4, 2020 by

by Harriet Sherwood, Guardian: Jayne Ozanne, an LGBT+ campaigner, condemns ‘leaders who preach one thing and practise something different’. The Church of England has “leaders who preach one thing and practise something completely...

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US archbishop: Pope told us gay civil unions can be ‘acceptable’

Feb 4, 2020 by

by Lianne Laurence, LifeSite: A U.S. archbishop says Pope Francis told a group of American bishops in Rome that civil unions for homosexual couples that give them access to public benefits are “acceptable,” as long as it’s clear such...

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Bishops’ pastoral statement fiasco – they tried to play politics and made a re-hash of it

Feb 3, 2020 by

by Julian Mann: What a game of Orwellian double-speak the Church of England’s bishops have been playing. Their ‘pastoral statement’ on heterosexual civil partnerships was surely not ‘pastoral’ at all? Surely it was...

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