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A group of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their allies held a private meeting with the pope over the weekend in which they urged him to reverse the church's stance on transgender health care.
The same priest supposedly behind the party was under investigation for child sex abuse.
Under Pope Benedict XVI, the Roman Catholic Church is jumping at the chance to drive gay priests from its ranks. The move continues to divide the church
Pope Francis and the presidential hopeful find they have a common enemy: the idolatry of money.
Krzysztof Charamsa, fired by the Vatican after coming out, says he met other gay priests at the Holy See -- some self-loathing, some 'fantastic' clergymen -- but no organized gay network.
'It's really amazing to be recognized by the Vatican, especially as a gay scientist,' said Andraka, 16, who developed a test for pancreatic cancer.
Holding placards denouncing the Catholic Church, dozens of gay rights activists protested outside St. Peter's Square on Friday, a day after Pope Benedict made a speech condemning same-sex relationships.
A long-awaited Vatican document says practicing gays should not be ordained, but it leaves the door open for those individuals with "passing homosexual tendencies" that have been overcome for at least three years.
A Vatican document will be released in the coming weeks that reaffirms the Roman Catholic Church's belief that homosexuals shouldn't be ordained priests, a Vatican official said Thursday.
The Synod of Synodality was supposed to decide important doctrinal issues but instead upset most, observers say.
