Archbishop Porteous faces strife over new pastoral letter

(Catholic Weekly. Marilyn Rodrigues).

LGBT advocate group Equality Tasmania is seeking a “right of reply” to the state’s Catholic schools in response to an open letter from Hobart Archbishop Julian Porteous on human dignity and legislative challenges to religious and parental freedoms. The four-page pastoral letter titled “We are Salt to the Earth” dated 2 May was published on the archdiocesan website and sent to the archdiocese’s parishes and schools.

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