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Don’t expect the EU Iron Curtain to crack if Czechs change gay marriage law

A cultural Iron Curtain now very much divides the two halves of the EU. To the west, are the more progressive, ethnically diverse and secular states of western Europe. To the east, are the more traditionalist, more homogenous and largely re-Christianising former communist states. Slightly shocking perhaps to some then that the conservative and historically

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After latest presser, the great game of parsing the pope can roll on

Eight years ago, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi suggested that when Francis interacts with the press, it’s a new genre in papal speech, one that’s deliberately informal and a pastoral reaction rather than a declaration of authority.

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German Catholics to bless gay unions despite Vatican ban

Germany’s powerful Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offering such blessings at services in about 100 different churches all over the country this week.

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When Catholics Leave Over Same-Sex Marriage

Jobert E. Abueva left the Church when the Vatican said (again) that the Church can’t bless same-sex relationships. “The church slams the door right at our faces.” But what if he never quite understood the Church he’s left?

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Bishops support measure to protect faith-based foster agencies

Three U.S. Bishops Conference chairmen affirmed Monday their support for First Amendment protections for faith-based foster care and adoption providers with legislation introduced that aims to ensure those institutions continue to receive funding.

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