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Pro Familia, a Belgian association of Catholic lay people, has decided to act against the public stance made by Antwerp Bishop Johan Bonny , who suggests in a new book published Friday that homosexual pairs, divorced, remarried and cohabiting couples   should receive a Church blessing   as part of a “diversity of rituals” that would recognize the “exclusiveness and stability” of their unions. “The question of Communion for the divorced and remarried should be carefully weighed," he writes. "It is not a question of a general ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ but of an evaluation. You have to judge on the basis of the individual situation of the persons involved. Or, better said, they can and must participate in that judging in the light of certain criteria.” In a press release published last week on its blog and picked up by the Flemish media, Pro Familia   announced its intent to file a complaint in Rome with Cardinal Beniamino Stella , the Prefect of the Congregation for the C...

At the beginning of July, Cologne is swamped with LGBT “pride” events. Every year, gays and lesbians meet in the city for two weeks for events to promote public awareness for their cause and to foster their political agenda with extravagant demonstrations. Essentially it is a demonstration of sin and reballeion against God and natural law. Marriage equality rights and gender education are at the top of the list. The Christopher Street Day Parade (CSD) on July 3 is a spectacle of unrestrained nudity and flamboyance. The parade mimics the famous traditional carnival parade of Cologne, but instead of candy, condoms are thrown from the floats into the crowd. It is debased and sad. The Catholic Committee in Cologne continues to actively seek “dialogue” between Church and the LGBT groups in a non-discriminatory fashion. Hannelore Bartscherer, chairwoman of the committee, explained that the process of dialogue began 10 years ago to help foster “integration,” while ignoring scripture and r...