Pope’s spokesman refuses to comment on gay blackmail allegations
The Vatican is refusing to confirm or deny claims of a network of gay prelates operating at its heart, some of whom allegedly were being blackmailed. Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica published an...
View ArticleCardinal Keith O’Brien: Gay people should not be allowed to marry but...
Britain’s most senior Catholic, who is staunchly opposed on allowing gay couples to marry, has adopted a new position concerning male priests marrying female partners in the Roman Catholic Church....
View ArticleAnti-gay Cardinal Keith O’Brien quits post following allegations of...
Britain’s most senior Catholic leader, notorious for his anti-gay views, who at the weekend was reported to the Vatican over historical allegations of inappropriate behaviour involving several male...
View ArticleGay rights campaigners react to Cardinal O’Brien’s resignation
Gay rights groups have reacted to the resignation of Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic, who has been accused of inappropriate behaviour with male priests. On Monday, the...
View ArticleBritish Gay Catholic journalist claims ‘half of all Catholics priests are gay’
A British Catholic journalist and former Dominican friar claims a “culture of secrecy” has led to the current crisis in the Vatican over the alleged misconduct of its senior clerics, and has reiterated...
View ArticlePoll: Majority of Europeans say Pope Benedict was not influential and has...
Despite his attempts to turn back the clock on gay rights during his eight years at the helm of the Roman Catholic Church, a YouGov poll shows Pope Benedict XVI has been of little influence to...
View ArticleCatholic blogger Andrew Sullivan speculates the Pope could be gay
Andrew Sullivan, one of America’s highest-profile political bloggers, has claimed that the outgoing Pope Benedict XVI may be secretly gay. Sullivan made the claims following the announcement that...
View ArticleUK: Catholic newspaper The Tablet says the Catholic Church needs to ‘make...
British Catholic newspaper The Tablet has issued an editorial calling on the Catholic Church to make peace with the gay world and to move on from the issue of marriage equality. The newspaper, which...
View ArticleVatican inquiry into sexual conduct of Cardinal O’Brien to start once new...
The inquiry by the Vatican into the sexual conduct of Cardinal Keith O’Brien is not likely to begin until after a new Pope is chosen – with the former Archbishop of Westminster saying the Catholic...
View ArticlePoll: Support for same-sex marriage among US Catholics rises to 54%
A new poll shows support for same-sex marriage among US Catholics continues to rise and that 52% say the leadership of the Catholic Church is out of touch with their views. The Quinnipiac University...
View ArticleVatican embarrassed as €23 million property investment includes Europe’s...
Following several recent scandals, it has now emerged that the Catholic church has bought a €23 million (£21 million) share of an apartment block in Rome which houses the biggest gay sauna in Europe....
View ArticleUS gay religious group says the Catholic Church must stop harming LGBT people
As cardinals begin voting for a new Pope, an American LGBT religious organisation says the successor to Pope Benedict XVI must “end the immense harm the Catholic Church has caused” to LGBT people....
View ArticlePope Francis criticised for greeting Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe
The decision of Pope Francis to greet Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe at the pontiff’s inauguration mass has been met with condemnation from human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. Mugabe, 89, a...
View ArticleArgentina: Gay couple attacked by group in the name of Pope Francis
A gay couple was reportedly assaulted by a group of people in the Argentine city of San Isidro last Saturday, with the attackers allegedly defending their actions due to the nationality of the new...
View ArticleActor Alan Cumming blasts Jeremy Irons for his ‘ignorant’ anti-gay marriage...
Scottish actor Alan Cumming has criticised Jeremy Irons after he suggested equal marriage in Britain could lead to fathers marrying their sons in a bid to avoid inheritance tax. Irons, 64, made the...
View ArticleVatican says Cardinal Keith O’Brien to leave Scotland for ‘spiritual renewal,...
Cardinal Keith O’Brien is to leave Scotland for several months after admitting improper sexual conduct, the Vatican has announced. The 75-year-old staunch equal marriage opponent resigned as leader of...
View ArticlePope Francis: There is a ‘gay lobby’ at the heart of the Vatican ‘it exists’
Pope Francis has admitted to the existence of a “gay lobby” inside the Vatican’s secretive administration, the Curia, according to AFP. “In the Curia, there are truly some saints, but there is also a...
View ArticleLatin American Catholic Church group says ‘sorry’ for Pope Francis’s ‘gay...
A Latin American Catholic Church group has apologised for the “confusion” caused by the publication of members’ accounts of a meeting with Pope Francis where he is quoted as referring to a “gay lobby”...
View ArticleElton John praises Pope Francis as he’s named ‘Man of the Year’ by Vanity Fair
Sir Elton John says Pope Francis “is a miracle of humility in an era of vanity”. Pope Francis has been named “Man of the Year” by the Italian edition of Vanity Fair. “His first one hundred days have...
View ArticlePope Francis: Who am I to judge gay people?
In a significant development Pope Francis has said that gay people should not be judged or marginalised and should be integrated into society. Speaking to reporters on Monday during a plane journey...
View ArticlePeter Tatchell: Pope Francis still presides over homophobia despite saying he...
Pope Francis has offered a “change of tone” on gay people “but not a change in substance,” says human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. In a significant move on Monday, Pope Francis declared gay people...
View ArticleNYC mayoral candidate Christine Quinn: Pope Francis’ comments about gay...
Christine Quinn, the gay Democratic candidate who’s leading the field to become the next mayor of New York City says Pope Francis’ latest comments on gay people represents “enormous progress.”...
View ArticleVatican launches Catholic survey on gay relationships, equal marriage and...
The Vatican is conducting a worldwide survey on how Catholics interpret social issues such as same-sex marriage, gay relationships and birth control. Pope Francis wants the Vatican to receive the...
View ArticleTelegraph blogs editor questions Time ‘Person of the Year’ Award for Pope...
The editor of Telegraph Blogs has written a column questioning the decision by Time Magazine to name Pope Francis as its Person of the Year, noting a recent revelation that he said he was “shocked” by...
View ArticlePope Francis: We must be careful not to administer a vaccine against faith to...
Pope Francis has spoken out to express concern at the way the Catholic Church deals with the children of gay couples. Speaking in the interview given in November and published in Italian Jesuit...
View ArticlePope: Change in morals on marriage has caused ‘devastation’
The Pope has declared that marriage between a man and a woman is ‘in crisis’ during a speech to an interfaith conference on ‘traditional marriage’. The Catholic leader today opened the ‘Complementary...
View ArticleCatholic church deems Rome decision to allow civil union register an...
The Catholic Church was quick to condemn a vote by Rome city council to allow a register of gay civil unions, dubbing the move an “ideological bluff”. The move, which proves controversial in the...
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The Pope tweets that Earth is ‘like an immense pile of filth’
The Pope has raised eyebrows – after the religious leader compared the world to “an immense pile of filth”. The 78-year-old Pontiff sent the words from his official verified Twitter account, Pontifex,...
View ArticlePope Francis hates on gay parents while Pride takes place in Rome
Pope Francis has hit out at gay parents, suggesting they are not able to properly raise children, at the same time that LGBT Pride was taking place in Rome. The Pope made the comments on Sunday during...
View ArticleThe Pope just made Cardinal Newman a saint – but was he actually gay?
Cardinal John Henry Newman was today (October 13) declared a saint by the Roman Catholic church in a service at the Vatican led by the Pope and attended by Prince Charles. Tens of thousands of people...
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