Pope Benedict

Catholic Priests Sexually Abusing So Many Children That Vatican Offices Can’t Handle the Workload

Andy Towle March 17, 2010

The Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandals continue to widen. Yesterday's NYT reports: "As hundreds of new allegations of … [Read more...] about Catholic Priests Sexually Abusing So Many Children That Vatican Offices Can’t Handle the Workload

Andy Towle March 13, 2010

Bad pope:"The Pope was drawn directly into the Roman Catholic sex abuse scandal last night as news emerged of his part in a decision to send a … [Read more...] about Pope Pulled into Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal

Andy Towle March 10, 2010

SF LGBT Center makes $1 million SOS request to city. Uganda "kill the gays" bill to be featured on Nightline tonight. The first … [Read more...] about News: Wolverine, Alexander McQueen, Bullying, Evan Lysacek, Salt

Steve Pep March 5, 2010

The fallout from the Vatican gay prostitution scandal:"Ghinedu Ehiem, a Nigerian who sang in a choir that performs at St. Peter’s Basilica, was … [Read more...] about Vatican Dismisses Two For Involvement In Gay Prostitution Scandal

Andy Towle February 15, 2010

Chicago activist Andy Thayer and approximately 100 supporters from the Gay Liberation Network protested outside the Holy Name Cathedral in … [Read more...] about Gay Chicago Activists Target Catholic Church in Valentine’s Protest

Andy Towle February 8, 2010

Anne Hathaway tells GQ in the magazine's March issue that she and her family left Catholicism over the church's views on gays:"The whole … [Read more...] about Anne Hathaway Left Catholicism Because it’s Anti-Gay

Andy Towle February 1, 2010

Pope Benedict attacked gays and the UK's equality and anti-discrimination laws (in particular, a bill that is currently making its way through … [Read more...] about Pope Benedict Precedes UK Visit with Bashing of Gays, Equality

Andy Towle January 11, 2010

In a statement linked to the Portuguese parliament's recent approval of marriage equality, Pope Benedict says that ignoring the difference between … [Read more...] about Pope Says Gays Endanger Humanity

Andy Towle December 25, 2009

A woman in red leapt a barrier at Christmas Eve mass at St. Peter's Basilica today and took down Pope Benedict as he was in procession to the … [Read more...] about WATCH: Woman in Red Topples Pope Benedict at Xmas Eve Mass

Andy Towle December 3, 2009

Mexican Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan unleashed a torrent of offensive remarks about gays and trans people yesterday. Said Barragan, the retired … [Read more...] about Leading Catholic Cardinal: Gays ‘Will Never Enter Heaven’