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Nigerian bishops defend same-sex ‘marriage’ ban after critics claim it’s out of touch with Pope

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ABUJA , Nigeria, March 25, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The president of the Nigerian Catholic Bishops ’ Conference has made a strong defense of the bishops’ support for a bill banning same-sex “marriage” against critics who allege the bishops’ position is out of touch with Pope Francis. “It is a mischievous and faulty generalization to reason that because we resist same-sex ‘marriage’ we differ from our Pope who said, ‘If a person is gay and seeks God and has goodwill, who am I to judge?’" Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Jos said in his opening remarks at the bishops’ recent plenary meeting. Archbishop Kaigama "The position of the Catholic Church in Nigeria in respect of same sex union and other moral vices is in consonance with that of the universal Church and in conformity with the social teachings of the Church," Archbishop Kaigama said according to  Catholic News Service of Nigeria . “Our compassion for the weak, the marginalized and those who suff...

ABC’s homosexual sitcom ‘Modern Family’ received Catholic media award

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Ed O'Neill plays Jay Pritchett on ABC's 'Modern Family'. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) LOS ANGELES, CA , May 7, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - A sitcom featuring a gay couple and their adopted daughter was honored last week by Catholics in Media (CIMA), a group which purports to recognize movies and television shows that “[make] clearer the Word of God” and “help us better understand what it is to be part of the human family.” The organization presented its annual Television Award to Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh, executive producers of the popular ABC show “ Modern Family ,” at an Awards Brunch held April 29th at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. Corrigan and Walsh’s comedy show about divorced and remarried Jay Pritchett and the families of his two adult children has won 11 Emmy awards . ABC's "Modern Family" redefines the family in primetime. The gay couple on the show, Mitchell Pritchett and his partner Cameron, are the “fathers” of an adopted Chin...

‘More Than a Monologue’ preaches homosexuality at Catholic universities

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December 6, 2011 - Two Catholic universities have hosted a series funded by gay rights leaders that criticized the Church’s stance against same-sex ‘marriage’ - after the schools’ presidents assured bishops that the event would not be used as a “vehicle for dissent,” the Cardinal Newman Society   reports . “More Than a Monologue: Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church” is described on the Fairfield University website as “an unprecedented collaboration ... to change the conversation about sexual diversity and the Catholic Church.” The seminar was held in October at the Jesuit Fordham and Fairfield Universities, as well as two Christian insitutions, Yale Divinity School and Union Theological Seminary . “For too long, the conversation on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in the Roman Catholic Church has been only a monologue — the sole voice being heard is that of the institutional Catholic Church,” states the organizers. “We must engage in more than a monologue by ...