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‘Confusion And Error’: Cardinals And Bishops Come Out Against Papal Comments On Same-Sex Civil Unions

Jon Brown
‘Confusion And Error’: Cardinals And Bishops Come Out Against Papal Comments On Same-Sex Civil Unions
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Several Roman Catholic prelates either denounced or attempted to clarify comments Pope Francis made this week that endorsed civil union laws for same-sex couples.

Cardinal Raymond Burke, an American who has before described homosexual relationships as “profoundly disordered and harmful,” said in a statement: “Such declarations generate great bewilderment and cause confusion and error among Catholic faithful, inasmuch as they are contrary to the teaching of Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.”

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