VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday opens a big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church, with progressives hoping it will lead to more women in leadership roles and conservatives warning that church doctrine on everything from homosexuality to the hierarchy’s authority is at risk. Rarely in recent times has a Vatican gathering … Read more
LGBTQ+ groups are hailing the 60-day jail sentence a court in Switzerland gave to a writer and commentator for deriding a journalist as a “fat lesbian” and other critical remarks French-Swiss far-right writer Alain Soral, center, leaves the courthouse after his appeal trial for homophobia against a journalist in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, September 27, 2023. … Read more
VATICAN CITY — A few years ago, Pope Francis told the head of the main Vatican-backed Catholic women’s organization to be “brave” in pushing for change for women in the Catholic Church. Maria Lia Zervino took his advice and in 2021 wrote Francis a letter, then made it public, saying flat out that the Catholic … Read more
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Voters in Slovakia cast ballots Saturday in early parliamentary elections, and two exit polls pointed to a tight finish between a liberal, pro-West newcomer and a populist former prime minister who campaigned on a pro-Russia and anti-American message. The polls by the Focus and Median SK agencies gave a slight edge to … Read more
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia holds an early parliamentary election on Saturday that pits populist former Prime Minister Robert Fico, who campaigned on a clear pro-Russia and anti-American message, against a liberal pro-West newcomer. Fico and his leftist Smer, or Direction, party vowed to reverse Slovakia’s military support for neighboring Ukraine in Russia’s war, if his … Read more
LISBON, Portugal — LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Pope Francis visited a once-troubled and crime-plagued neighborhood in Portugal’s capital on Friday to attract consideration to the charitable facet of the Catholic Church and to press his case for a church that goes to the peripheries and welcomes everybody. Francis continued his busy schedule in Portugal, listening … Read more
Lots of of opponents of homosexual rights have swarmed the location of an LGBT pageant within the capital of the nation of Georgia, vandalizing the stage, setting fires and looting the occasion’s bar Georgian opponents of homosexual rights shout anti-LGBT pageant slogans as they attempt to intervene with a pleasure occasion in Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, … Read more
An activist detained in Hong Kong has begun his closing enchantment searching for recognition for his same-sex marriage registered abroad, in a landmark case for the town’s LGBTQ+ neighborhood ByKANIS LEUNG Related Press Detained activist Jimmy Sham, heart, leaves a jail van to enter the Courtroom of Remaining Attraction as Hong Kong’s high courtroom hear … Read more
ROME — Adored, scorned, inconceivable to disregard in life, former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi in dying drew tributes even from his critics, and ever extra lavish reward from admirers, together with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in addition to prayers from Pope Francis. Following phrase of Berlusconi’s dying on Monday in a Milan hospital, the place … Read more
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Anastasia Domini and spouse Anna Domini walked hand in hand on a latest sunny day in Argentina’s capital whereas their 4 stressed kids performed close by. It is a widespread sight in a rustic the place same-sex marriage has been authorized for greater than a decade. However the couple, who obtained … Read more