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Pro-LGBT Catholic pastors met in Rome for pre-Synodal conference

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Around a hundred people gathered at the Pilgrim Centre “Santa Teresa Couderc” in Rome , for the international conference entitled Ways of Love: Snapshots of Catholic Encounters With LGBT People and Their Families, sponsored by the “Global Network of Rainbow Catholics”, a worldwide network of organisations that, in the name of “social justice”, demands inclusion and dignity for LGBT people and their families within the Catholic Church and society in general. The meeting was attended by Catholic pastoral leaders from around the world, who came together to share, through their stories, their pastoral approach and work in favour of LGBT people within their ecclesiastical communities. In addition to drawing up new action plans, a clear and stated objective of the initiative was to apply some pressure to the impending crucial Ordinary Synod of Bishops on the topic of the Family, which opened in Rome on Monday 5th October. Presenting the event, two of the conference spokespersons, Andre

Homosexuality: Catholic archdiocese expands morality clause for school employees after losing lawsuit

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CINCINNATI, OH , March 10, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – In a move designed to protect itself from lawsuits, the Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati has expanded its morality clause to specifically bar Catholic school employees from publicly supporting positions that clash with Catholic doctrine . According to local news , in contracts sent to 94 principals covering over 2,000 employees, the archdiocese spelled out specific policies on public behavior and personal lifestyles. The contract prohibits the “public support of” out-of-wedlock sexual activity, “homosexual lifestyle,” abortion, surrogacy, in vitro fertilization, and – among other prohibited behaviors – “flagrant deceit or dishonesty.”  Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis Schnurr It also strictly bans employees from engaging in any of the behaviors listed above, as well as others.  The specific layout of the restrictions appear to be related to conflicts over the last five years. In 2010, the Archdiocese fired a teacher

Rebellious Bishop Raúl Vera López & Gay Conference

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Image via Wikipedia The diocese of Saltillo , Mexico is promoting a conference by a diocesan homosexualist organization that condones sodomy and cross-dressing and cooperates with the pro-abortion organization “Catholics for the Right to Decide.” The bishop of the diocese himself, Bishop Raúl Vera López, is scheduled to say mass at the event. One of the featured speakers for the conference, hosted by the “Community of San Aelredo,” is “Friar” Julián Cruzalta, a man who Catholic authorities have denounced for allowing himself to be falsely presented as a priest and representative of the Dominican order .   He has functioned as a “chaplain” to “Catholics for the Right to Decide,” has publicly opposed laws to protect the unborn from abortion in Mexico, and is a supporter of the homosexualist political agenda, according to the Catholic news agency ACI Prensa. The conference, scheduled for March 25-27, seeks to “eradicate what some sectors of the Church think about homosexuality,” ac