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14 March 2012
Comment: Catholic Archbishops misled the faithful on equal marriage plans 46 Peter Tatchell writes that in their letter on a 'duty' to oppose marriage equality, Catholic Archbishops mislead the faithful - either deliberately or by careless omission.
11 March 2012
Letter: Archbishops write to Catholics urging them to oppose equal marriage 112 The Archbishops of Westminster and Southwark have penned the following letter to parishioners to mobiles them to oppose the prime minister's plans for same sex civil marriage in England and Wales.
9 March 2012
Catholic paper ‘expects government to bow to public pressure’ on equal marriage consultation 102 A Catholic newspaper has claimed the government is 'expected to bow to public pressure' and include in its upcoming consultation on marriage equality a question on whether such marriages should be legalised at all.
9 March 2012
Pope: Straight marriage must be ‘defended from misrepresentation’ 116 Pope Benedict XVI has told an audience of bishops in the US marriage between men and women must be 'promoted and defended'.
6 March 2012
Soho Catholics celebrate fifth anniversary of gay Masses 37 The fifth anniversary of the Soho Masses, the Diocese of Westminster's provision for gay, bi and trans Catholics in London was celebrated with a "packed" ceremony at the weekend.
6 March 2012
Catholics will be told of their ‘duty to oppose gay marriage’ at Mass this weekend 230 In a letter to be read to congregations at Mass this weekend, two senior Archbishops in the Catholic Church tell followers they have a 'duty' to 'ensure' gays should not be allowed to marry even in civil ceremonies.
5 March 2012
Comment: The Coalition For Marriage – a creeping rhizome of religious extremism 143 There is nothing 'grass roots' about the Coalition for Marriage, Adrian Tippetts argues, it's a who’s who of the UK religious right determined to creep into government, law, education and media.
5 March 2012
Cardinal defends ‘grotesque’ gay marriage comment and calls to stop ‘progress’ 202 The head of the Catholic Church in Scotland Cardinal Keith O'Brien has defended comments at the weekend in which he described equal marriage rights as 'grotesque' and the legalisation of gay marriages as being akin to the legalisation of slavery and warned of 'further aberrations'.
4 March 2012
UK Catholic cardinal: Gay marriage is ‘a grotesque madness proposed by a disingenuous government’ 178 Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the most senior Catholic in Scotland, Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien, has said that gay marriage is a "grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right".
17 February 2012
Colombia: Gay priests ‘hired hitmen after AIDS diagnosis’ 30 A pair of Catholic priests in Colombia reportedly hired hitmen to kill them after one was diagnosed with AIDS.
13 January 2012
Belgian minister wants anti-gay Primate replaced 44 One of Belgium's deputy prime ministers has called for the anti-gay head of the Belgian Catholic Church to be replaced after he questioned the government's right to decide issues of marriage and sexuality.
10 January 2012
8,500 sign Catholic priest’s petition to end “gay panic” defence 28 A Catholic priest in Queensland, Australia has seen huge support for his petition to have the “gay panic" defence struck out.
29 December 2011
Archbishop of Chicago: Pride organisers “invited comparison” with Ku Klux Klan 59 The Archbishop of Chicago has stood by his statement likening gay pride supporters to the Klu Klux Klan, saying the organisers of the city's gay pride parade "invited an obvious comparison" with the white-supremacist hate group.
23 December 2011
Archbishop of Chicago compares gay pride march to Ku Klux Klan rally 99 A Catholic cardinal in the city of Chicago has drawn condemnation for suggesting the gay rights movement could "morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan".
21 December 2011
Exclusive: Scottish Catholic Church uses ‘hate group’ research to fight gay marriage 101 The Scottish Catholic Church has argued against equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, saying "exceptionally hazardous" gay relationships lead to shorter life expectancies, relying on a study which was discredited by its own authors for this purpose ten years ago and a paper authored by the founder of the US Family Research Institute.
15 December 2011
Filipino gays perform updated Christmas carols for Catholic Bishops 11 A group of rights campaigners in the Philippines has lobbied the country's Catholic Bishops Conference with an unusual round of carol-singing, including Jingle Bells rewritten with a human rights theme.
14 December 2011
Australian lesbians turn down bishop’s offer after school refuses their child 28 A couple in Australia whose child was rejected from a Catholic school because of their sexuality have been offered a place after intervention by the diocese's bishop, but they have turned down the offer.
9 December 2011
50,000 respond to Scotland’s gay marriage consultation 85 More than 50,000 responses have been submitted to the Scottish government’s consultation on the introduction of gay marriage.
2 December 2011
MPs move to strike down religious civil partnership rules 100 A small group of MPs is echoing calls made in the House of Lords that new regulations for civil partnerships may force places of worship to marry gay couples alongside straight ones.
2 December 2011
Church of Scotland will follow “will of God” to oppose gay marriage 137 The Church of Scotland has made its official response to the Scottish government's consultation, standing in opposition to equal marriage rights for gay couples, saying it has "a responsibility to shape public opinion in accordance with what it understands to be the will of God."

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