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
‘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
This Greek bishop wants Christians to ‘spit’ on gay people: ‘They are freaks of nature!’
Greece parliament prepares to legalize same-sex unions
Prominent Dominican publishes book claiming Thomas Aquinas said homosexuality is ‘natural’
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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’
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
Church of Norway Votes in Favor of Gay Marriage
The General Synod of the Church of Norway, the largest Christian denomination in the Scandinavian country, has voted in favor of accepting same-sex marriage, and will be offering the service to gay couples in the future.
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Exclusive: Vatican Meets with U.S. State Department’s Gay and Lesbian Envoy
A symbolic meeting to open a controversial dialog
The encounter took place in a non-descript room at the Vatican, and conversation stuck to regular diplomatic briefs. But for the parties involved on Tuesday morning, the meeting held
The synod, before and after
The synod on the family was closed before having been initiated. The possibility of a serious discussion with respect to homosexual people was already eliminated in the time of its preparation, when the church was not even able to scientifically
Archbishop Cupich lays out pathway for gay couples to receive Communion at Vatican press scrum
By John-Henry Westen and Pete Baklinski
Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago — who is participating in the Synod of the Family at Pope Francis’ personal invitation — said at a press scrum in the Vatican press office this afternoon that
Pro-LGBT Catholic pastors, bishop met in Rome for pre-Synodal conference
By Emmanuele Barbieri
Around a hundred people gathered at the Pilgrim Centre “Santa Teresa Couderc” in Rome, for the international conference entitled Ways of Love: Snapshots of Catholic Encounters With LGBT People and Their Families, sponsored by the “Global