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In an unexpected move today, Pope Benedict XVI announced that gays are no longer “intrinsically evil,” but only “somewhat intrinsically evil.” The Pope made what is being heralded in the religious world as a “groundbreaking concession” on April 1st, after a week-long international conference of LGBT Catholics was held in Rome. The Vatican had said that the conference would “tarnish the city’s exemplary history as a center for moral guidance to a decidedly heathen world.” The conference concluded yesterday.
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Vatican police say that there were no problems with the thousands of attendees who came from all around the world, despite the fact that they staged a massive demonstration outside of the Vatican to protest recent comments by the Pope.
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In an address to thousands of Catholics gathered outside the Vatican for a blessing this morning, the pope said that gays are still not welcome into the church unless they’re celibate or ex-gays or lesbians. “It’s time for healing,” the pontiff said to massive cheers from the flock below. “We embrace the homosexual not as intrinsically evil but as somewhat intrinsically evil. I pray, as we all do, that through God’s grace, he can find the path back to redemption.”
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The New York Times, though, is reporting that a source close to the pope says that His Holiness will soon make “a revolutionary statement” on whether the Jews killed Jesus, a question that has plagued Christians since the religion began. Said the unnamed contact: “We won’t be saying that they did, but we won’t be saying that they didn’t, the pope will leave it up to individual Catholics to decide for themselves.”Just as they should do on abortion and homosexuality.
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