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On Italy’s Family Day, the Catholic Majority spoke

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English: Pope Benedict XVI in Italy (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The Family Day of January 30th brought to light the existence of another Italy , quite different from the relativist and “pornomania” one proposed to us by the media as the only real one. The Italy of Family Day is that portion of the population, much larger than we can perhaps imagine, that has remained faithful, or has won back in recent years, what Benedict XVI defined as “the non-negotiable values”: life, the family, the education of children, with the conviction that only on these pillars can a well-ordered society be founded. The Italy of Family Day places itself as antithetical to the ‘Italy of the Cirinnà law’, which takes its name from the government bill presented by Senator Monica Cirinnà, to introduce homosexual marriage and adoptions into our country. The Italy of Family Day is not only an Italy that defends the institution of the family, it is also an Italy that has marshalled against the enemies ...

Italian gvmt investigating Catholic school after it removed lesbian teacher

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The building housing the most important Italian newspaper, "Corriere della sera" in via Solferino in Milan (Italy). It was projected by Luca Beltrami in 1904. Picture by Giovanni Dall'Orto, January 20 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) In a case that is rapidly gaining national attention, the Italian government ’s education ministry has threatened a “severe” response to a Catholic school in northern Italy that sacked a teacher believed to be a lesbian. Education Minister Stefania Giannini told  La Repubblica  that her office has started an investigation into the decision of the school’s headmistress not to renew the contract of a female teacher out of a need to protect the “moral ethics” of “the school’s  environment.” Mother Eugenia Libratore, a religious sister of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the headmistress of Sacro Cuore school in Trent, said the teacher, who has not been named in the press, was “adequate and professional.” She added, how...

Rome parents fight back against Father’s Day ban for children with ‘two mommies’

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Giuseppina La Delfa, who chairs Famiglie Arcobaleno ("Rainbow families") group, demonstrating before the "National conference on family" in Milan, November, 8-10 2010. Picture by Giovanni Dall'Orto, November 8, 2010). (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) ROME , March 20, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A municipality of Rome has proposed to ban the observance of Father’s Day in Ugo Bartolomei kindergarten in cases where a child might come from a lesbian same-sex family . The decision by Rome’s Municipality II has raised the ire of parents, a large group of whom launched a complaint at city hall. The municipal commissioner has agreed, saying, “I feel I share the disappointment of these families.” Councillor Gloria Pasquali of the municipal education policies office, said, “It is not a matter of despising someone, but I do not think it is correct to change the schedule of school activities.” She added that Fathers’ Day could be considered educational “for those with no...

Cardinal Dolan applauds football player for ‘coming out’, but didn’t back homosexuality: diocese

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NEW YORK CITY, March 10, 2014 – The Archdiocese of New York has told LifeSiteNews that Cardinal Timothy Dolan's decision to congratulate a homosexual football player for coming out of the closet did not mean the cardinal “was unconcerned about Church teaching on homosexual activity.” During an interview Sunday on NBC's " Meet the Press " focusing on the "Francis effect" in the Church, host David Gregory asked the cardinal about the decision of Michael Sam, a 24-year-old senior at the University of Missouri and defensive end, to announce that he is a homosexual. “Good for him,” Cardinal Dolan replied. “I would have no sense of judgment on him. God bless ya.” He added that “the same Bible that tells us, that teaches us about the virtues of chastity and the virtue of fidelity and marriage also tells us not to judge people. So, I would say, ‘Bravo.'” The cardinal's reaction was more exuberant than that of Michael Sam Sr., the player...

Mainstream media goes gaga over Pope Francis and same-sex civil unions

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ROME, March 7, 2014– As I do most mornings, one of the first things I did today was put the search terms “Pope Francis” into Google . This morning the offerings from the mainstream media, and a fair chunk of the blogosphere, is along the lines of “Pope Francis leaves door open for civil unions!” Ah, there must have been another interview, I thought. Here we go again… Sure enough, yesterday  Corriere della Sera , one of Italy’s mainstream daily papers published another “wide-ranging”  interview with Pope Francis , and the usual round of arguments, disputes and triumphant whoops exploded over what the pope said, didn’t say, was mistranslated or misinterpreted or misrepresented as saying, in the press and the blogosphere. An English translation was provided  Wednesday by  Zenit , which gave the money quote as: Many countries have regulated civil unions. Is it a path that the Church can understand? But up to what point? Holy Father : Marriage is be...