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Posted on October 13, 2016August 21, 2026

Pope’s words create confusion for Catholics on same-sex relationships

By MICHELLE R. SMITH

An ideological tug of war over the firing of a Rhode Island church music director for marrying his same-sex partner illustrates the confusion that permeates some U.S. Roman Catholic parishes over Pope Francis’s words on homosexuality.

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Posted on January 19, 2016September 9, 2026

The Selective Outrage of the Anglican Church

By  Jonathan Merritt

For the worldwide Anglican Communion, the world’s largest Protestant denomination, sexuality has become a line in the sand.

The Episcopal Church, Anglicanism’s American branch, was suspended on Thursday for three years for its willingness to consecrate same-sex

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Posted on January 15, 2016September 9, 2026

Episcopal leader: Church will not reverse gay marriage stand

The Associated Press reports:

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said Friday the U.S. Episcopal Church will not roll back its acceptance of gay marriage despite sanctions imposed this week by Anglican leaders.

In a phone interview from England, where he attended

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Posted on January 14, 2016September 9, 2026

BREAKING: Episcopal Church suspended from Anglican Communion

File under:  Oh SNAP!

By Kimberly Winston

In a move that took some by surprise, the Anglican Communion voted to censure its American branch, the Episcopal Church USA.

At a private meeting in Canterbury, England, the home of the Anglican

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Posted on January 11, 2016September 9, 2026

Anglican communion’s ‘bitter divide’ over gay rights

By Caroline Wyatt

This week could mark the last rites for the Anglican communion as a truly global Church.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has called the 38 Primates or leaders from the global communion to a make-or-break meeting

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Posted on January 10, 2016September 9, 2026

‘Repent’ call to Church over gay Christian treatment

 

More than 100 senior Anglicans have urged the Church of England to repent for “discriminating” against lesbian and gay Christians.

The demand is made in a letter to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York ahead of a meeting of

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Posted on December 14, 2015September 9, 2026

Groups concerned about Walgreens’ ties to Catholic hospital

 

Nineteen groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter Monday to drug store chain Walgreens expressing concerns about the company’s plans for a Catholic hospital to run its in-store health clinics in Washington state and Oregon.

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Posted on November 16, 2015September 6, 2026

Jesus ‘2 Dads’ Sign Causes Outrage: Reverend Says It Wasn’t Meant To Support Same-Sex Marriage

A “Jesus 2 dads” sign has rocked a Catholic Church in Buffalo, New York, after the Reverend, who had it placed on the church’s street sign, mistook it for a sign of encouragement to children from stepfamilies.

“Jesus had 2

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Posted on November 16, 2015September 6, 2026

Prominent Dominican publishes book claiming Thomas Aquinas said homosexuality is ‘natural’

By Jeanne Smits

A Dominican friar, Fr. Adriano Oliva, has celebrated the 800th anniversary of his religious order with a book about “the Church, the divorced and remarried, and homosexual couples.”

Amours (“Loves”) is a study of St Thomas Aquinas’

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Posted on November 16, 2015September 6, 2026

Over 600 wait to wed as gay marriages ‘go live’ today

By Ralph Riegel

More than 300 same-sex marriages are expected to take place in the first fortnight after the new Marriage Equality Act comes into force.

 

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald will today sign the commencement order, with the first

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