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Gay Vatican official who ‘came out’ may influence Synod in a way he didn’t expect—or want

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Msgr. Krzystof Charamsa evidently thought that he was advancing the homosexual cause by coming out as gay on the eve of the Synod of Bishops . I think he miscalculated badly. The Vatican quickly dismissed Msgr. Charamsa from his post at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). He had anticipated that, and said he was willing to accept it for the good of the cause. “I’m prepared to pay the consequences, but it’s time the Church opened its eyes, and realized that offering gay believers total abstinence from a life of love is inhuman.”  Sure, the Polish priest captured the headlines. When an official of the Roman Curia proudly announces that he has a homosexual lover, he’s will draw plenty of publicity. Given the sympathies of the mass media, most of that publicity will be favorable.  But Msgr. Charamsa said that he wanted to influence the Synod by his announcement; he wanted to impress upon the bishops that homosexual love “must be nourished by the Church.”

Confused Lesbian couple says baby’s baptism a sign Catholic views changing, want gay ‘marriage’ blessings

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CORDOBA, Argentina , April 8, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Fears that a public Catholic baptism ceremony for an Argentinean lesbian couple’s child would amount to little more than a media stunt to promote the Church's acceptance of homosexuality appear to have been borne out Saturday at the Archdiocese of Cordoba ’s cathedral. After the celebration of the sacrament, the couple, Karina Villarroel and Soledad Ortiz, kissed while posing for photos with the child, Umma Azul, at the front of the Church. Karina Villarroel and Soledad Ortiz kiss while they pose for photos with the baby at the front of Cordoba's cathedral. Villarroel, the non-biological “mother,” told local press the Catholic Church’s decision to grant the baptism was important “because it signifies that there is a real social change and acceptance" following the passage of the country's "marriage equality" law.   The final step, she said, would be “to be able to have the church conse

The Catholic Church will fight Immoral Homosexual Marriage

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WASHINGTON, DC , January 27, 2014  – The US Catholic bishop from Illinois who held a public exorcism on the same day the state governor signed into effect a controversial same-sex “marriage” bill has defended his actions as the “loving” thing to do. “You really have to understand what love is all about. Love is really to seek the best for people. By being opposed to the redefinition of marriage , and being opposed to things that are sinful, that’s actually a very loving thing,” Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Springfield Diocese told LifeSiteNews.com in a video interview during the March for Life in Washington, DC. It was in November that Paprocki held the  rare public exorcism , an event that he  defended  as a prayer to God to cast out the influences of evil in the state. The service, held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception , was called “Prayers of Supplication and Exorcism in Reparation for the Sin of Same-Sex Marriage.” During an announcement of the eve

Bergoglio proposed civil unions for homosexuals as alternative to ‘marriage,’ claims John Allen

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Coat of Arms of Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) April 12, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio , now Pope Francis, did in fact propose "civil union" legislation as a "compromise solution" on the issue of homosexual "marriage" in 2010, according to John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter , a newspaper that frequently publishes attacks on Catholic doctrine . Allen personally traveled to Buenos Aires , where he says that three different unnamed sources confirmed to him the truth of the claim, which was made by several newspapers following the election of Bergoglio in March, including the New York Times . Two of the sources, according to Allen, were senior officials of the Argentina Episcopal Conference, of which Bergoglio was the head until his recent election.  Both officials "worked with Bergoglio and took part in the behind-the-scenes discussions as the conference tried to shape its posit

Argentine LGBT group: Pope Francis will oppose 'diverse family structures'

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BUENOS AIRES, March 18, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The head of a radical homosexual lobby in Argentina has said the election of Pope Francis is not a boon for advocates of same-sex “marriage.” The Argentine LGBT Federation (FALGBT) said the election of the former Cardinal of Buenos Ares, Jorge Bergoglio , as pope, “marks a clear desire of the Vatican to radicalize its position against the recognition of diverse family structures.” Pope Francis met today with Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner . FALGBT President Esteban Paulón said that because the pope lived in Argentina after the nation redefined marriage, “he will no longer be able to make arguments from a lack of knowledge” that “Argentina today is a more equal and peaceful country.” During the nation's debate over whether to  legalize same-sex “marriage”  and adoption in 2010, then-Cardinal Bergoglio called the attempt to redefine marriage “ a machination of the Father of Lies  that seeks to