Vatican to decide each case of Anglican priests
(Vatican City) The Vatican said Saturday that married Anglican priests will be admitted to the Catholic priesthood on a case-by-case basis as Rome makes it easier for disillusioned conservative Anglicans to convert.
A surprise Vatican decision, announced 10 days earlier to make it easier for Anglicans to become Roman Catholics while …
Pope accepts resignation of anti-gay Penn. bishop
(Vatican City) Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the early retirement of a U.S. bishop who has denounced nuns for sponsoring lectures by gay-rights advocates and directed priests to deny communion to abortion backers, the Vatican said Monday.
The brief announcement, keeping to Vatican tradition, did not say why the staunchly conservative …
Vatican accuses AIDS groups of intimidation
(Vatican City) The Vatican on Friday denounced the criticisms of the pope’s comments about condoms and AIDS during his trip to Africa, saying they marked an unprecedented attempt to intimidate him into silence.
Pope Benedict XVI said last month that condoms weren’t the answer to Africa’s AIDS epidemic and could make …
Vatican investigates US convents ’soft’ on gays
(Vatican City) The Vatican has launched a doctrinal investigation into the leadership of Catholic sisters in the United States, reportedly because they have not sufficiently promoted the Vatican line on homosexuality and other issues.
The Leadership Conference of Women Religious, an association that gathers the leaders of most of the country’s …
Gay group protests Vatican stand on rights
(New York City) A nondenominational religious LGBT rights group will hold a two-day vigil outside the Vatican’s mission to the United Nations to protest its refusal to sign the United Nations Declaration on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
The April 22-23 vigil is being organized by Soulforce which regularly demonstrates at colleges …
Pope rescinds promotion of ‘Katrina’ pastor
(Vatican City) — Pope Benedict XVI on Monday formally rescinded the promotion of an ultraconservative priest who came under fire for suggesting that God punished New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina.
The Vatican announcement confirmed a previous decision by the priest, Rev. Gerhard Maria Wagner, to give up the promotion.
In January, Benedict …
Vatican promotes priest who blamed Katrina on gays
(Vatican City) An Austrian pastor who has been quoted as calling Hurricane Katrina God’s punishment for sin in New Orleans is being promoted to the rank of bishop.
The Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Benedict XVI has tapped the Rev. Gerhard Wagner, 54, to be …
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 …
