Pope Benedict XVI Condemns Same-Sex Unions 7 Jun 2005 Pope Benedict XVI yesterday condemned same-sex unions as anarchic "pseudo-matrimony", and also reaffirmed the Church's opposition to abortion.
Associated Press reprots that Benedict repeatedly referred to marriage as a union between man and woman in an address to a conference of the Diocese of Rome on the role of the family held at St. John Lateran basilica.
He said matrimony is not just a "casual sociological construction" that changed in certain times in history but rather an institution that had its roots "in the most profound essence of the human being." Read
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Last Modified: 15-6-2005
Internatioanl Day Against Homophobia The Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference has been challenged to include the International Day Against Homophobia in their church calendars. Read
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Last Modified: 15-6-2005
Australian Archbishop Issues Attempt at Apology SYDNEY, Australia -- The Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, George Pell, on Monday qualified comments made over the weekend that homosexuality was a "greater health risk than smoking," but maintained that same-sex relationships were unsafe and unhappy.
Archbishop Pell said the remark, made on Sunday after he refused holy communion to rainbow-sashed gay parishioners, was intended to compare the health risks of smoking and homosexual activity "relative to their uptake in the population."
"I am aware that many more people die of smoking-related illnesses than those who die from AIDS each year," he said. "But for the number of individuals concerned, it's a moot point, which is worse." Read
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Last Modified: 21-10-2004
Melbourne bishop joins calls to remove gays from prime-time TV Bishop Christopher Prowse has echoed the voices of other moral authorities in the community worried about the increasing prevalence of gay characters on prime-time television.
Auxiliary Bishop Prowse told the Sunday Herald-Sun that showing same-sex relationships as equal to marriages "could undermine society". Read
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Last Modified: 21-10-2004
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