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Pope Leo XIV addressing crowds from a balcony

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Pope Leo XIV’s LGBTQ+ record under scrutiny following historic election

The Catholic Church's first American leader has previously described the "homosexual lifestyle" as being "at odds with the Gospel," raising concern among advocate groups

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Pope replaces bishop as footage leaks of sex act during video call with another man

"The Holy Father has accepted the resignation."

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Pope Francis’ gay friend ‘not surprised at all’ he endorsed same-sex civil unions

"To me it was like a natural consequence of the things that he’s done" says Yayo Grassi

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Pope Francis endorses same-sex civil unions for the first time

A huge breakthrough.

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Poland set to vote on criminalising sex education amid claims it’s led by ‘the LGBT lobby’

The ‘Stop Paedophilia’ bill conflates homosexuality with paedophilia and would see anyone teaching sex education facing up to three years in jail

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Hundreds of students stage mass protest as two teachers are fired because they are gay

Paul Danforth and Michelle Beattie reportedly were fired because they decided to marry their partners

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German bishops rule homosexuality is a ‘normal form of sexual predisposition’

The ruling was made at the Commission for Marriage and Family of the German Bishops’ Conference

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John Waters calls Pope Francis a ‘hypocrite’ and says the Catholic Church is ‘the enemy’

The 'Pink Flamingos' and 'Hairspray' creator is an avid admirer of the Satanic Temple

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Priest arrested after stealing thousands of dollars from church donations for Grindr hook-ups

Joseph McLoone stole around $98,405.50 from the St Joseph Catholic Church in Pennsylvania

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Andrew Rannells reveals Catholic priest forced open his mouth to French kiss him as a teenager

The 'Book of Mormon' star opened up about the incident in his memoir 'Too Much is Never Enough'

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Former Cardinal, who spoke out against LGBTQ+ rights, found guilty of sexually assaulting two teen boys

George Pell was one of Australia’s most senior figures within the Roman Catholic Church

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Senior Catholic cardinal claims there is a connection between homosexuality and sexual abuse

Cardinal Walter Brandmuller is one of the most senior figures in the Catholic Church

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Pope Francis calls for homosexual priests to leave the Catholic Church

The Pope made the comments in his new book 'The Strength of a Vocation'

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Cardinal claims paedophilia scandal in Catholic Church caused by removing penalties for homosexual acts

Cardinal Gerhard Muller made the comments to far-right website LifeSite

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Pastoral assistant forced to resign after years of homophobic abuse

Aaron Bianco was continually abuse and threatened by homophobes who found out he was married to a man

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Catholic priest who cut up and burnt rainbow flag removed from position

Father Paul Kalchik held a private ceremony where he destroyed the LGBT flag

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Pro-LGBT priest says Catholic Church has made LGBT community feel like ‘lepers’

Father James Martin received a standing ovation at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin

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Catholic LGBT group have been excluded from annual World Meeting of Families

Pope Francis is set to attend the annual meeting at the end of the month

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Catholic priest removed as university chaplain after saying Glasgow Pride was a ‘gross offence to God’

Father Mark Morris served at Glasgow Caledonian University

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Religious conservative group has defended gay conversion therapy

The Core Issues Trust in Ireland defended the horrific practice