Gay foes rally in Madrid
(Madrid) Tens of thousands of people attended a Mass in central Madrid just before Christmas designed to promote traditional family values in a predominantly Roman Catholic country that has legalized gay marriage and made it easier for people to divorce.
The service began with a message from Pope Benedict XVI, who …
Pope celebrates Human Rights Day while opposing gay rights
(Vatican City) At the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI paid tribute to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; but elsewhere, LGBT civil rights groups were denouncing the pope’s opposition to expanding the 60-year-old United Nations document to include gays.
“The dignity of every man is really guaranteed only when all his fundamental …
