Catholic Church

admin on July 6th, 2010
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In September, the pope will be making the first official visit to the UK since pope John Paul II’s visit in 1982. Coming at a time when the pope has been astoundingly intolerant of women, homosexual people and trans people as well as when secularists have been increasingly disturbed by the Catholic church’s efforts to [...]

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admin on December 31st, 2008

Thanks to Italy’s progression as a modern European state, the Vatican is finding itself in a little bit of bother. With Italy strongly supporting the recent UN resolution against imprisonment, torture and execution of LGBT people and the Vatican being as bigoted and reactionary as ever and disagreeing with it, the Vatican needs to find [...]

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admin on December 27th, 2008

I’ve avoided saying something about the pope’s statement on gender and the importance of saving humankind from of it largely since the speech is so vague that there are a thousand ways to interpret it. I honestly don’t know what the pope meant to say. I have my fears about what he meant, though, and [...]

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If you’re reading this blog, it’s likely that you’re in a country where being lesbian, bi, queer, trans or intersexed will not leave you languishing in a prison cell or in-front of a firing squad. Yes, we may face discrimination and hatred, but we’re not likely to be made criminals because of our gender or [...]

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