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Pope Francis ‘repeats gay slur’ just weeks after being forced to apologise for saying there was ‘an air of f*****ry’ in the church

Posted on June 12, 2024by Catholic Radar Is

The Pope has again used a homophobic term after apologising last month for saying gay men should not be admitted to church seminaries because ‘there’s already too much f*****ry’ in closed-door meeting. He used of the word ‘frociaggine’, a vulgar Italian term roughly translating as ‘f*****ness’, on May 20 during a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops. According to Italian news agency ANSA, Pope Francis, 87, repeated the term on Tuesday as he met Roman priests, saying ‘there is an air of f*****ness in the Vatican’. He added that it was better that young men with a homosexual tendency not be allowed to enter the seminary – a college that trains students to become priests. Asked about the latest report, the Vatican’s press office made reference to a statement it had issued regarding Tuesday’s meeting with the priests, in which the pope reiterated the need to welcome gay people into the Church and the need for caution regarding them becoming seminarians.

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More than one million United Methodists quit the church overnight after sex rule change

Posted on June 4, 2024by Catholic Radar Is

(LAURA PARNABY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM)

More than one million United Methodists have quit the church overnight over new rules about homosexuality. During a North Carolina conference in early May, the United Methodist Church – a global denomination of Protestantism based in the US – changed some regulations to allow gay pastors and same-sex marriage. The Ivory Coast division – which has an estimated 1.2 million followers – responded by accusing the international leaders of ‘deviating from the Holy Scriptures’ and ‘sacrificing its honor and integrity to honor the LGBTQ community’. Bishop Benjamin Boni, who is president of the division, said it voted to separate from the umbrella church during a May 28 gathering in the Jubilee Temple of Cocody, Abidjan, on the southern coast of the West African country. He said in a statement that the decision to separate after more than 20 years was made ‘for reasons of conscience’.

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Abortions surge past record 250,000 in a single year, with experts blaming cost of living crisis forcing women to terminate pregnancies ‘for purely financial reasons’

Posted on May 27, 2024May 27, 2024by Catholic Radar Is

(Dailymail. Gemma Collins).

A record 252,122 abortions were recorded in England and Wales in 2022, with Britain’s cost of living crisis to blame, according to charities. This figure is about 17 per cent higher than the previous year, itself another record breaker since the Abortion Act was introduced in the 60s. It’s equivalent to one in every 50 women in England and Wales between the age of 15 to 44 having a termination. Women aged 22 were the most likely to have an abortion in 2022, at almost 38 terminations, per 1,000 women nearly double the national average. Charities said the ‘unprecedented’ spike in pregnancies in ending termination was the cost of living making it unaffordable for many women to have a child. Heidi Stewart, chief executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), which provides abortion said: ‘No woman should have to end a pregnancy she would otherwise have continued purely for financial reasons.