‘Gay clubs’ n semari, says Pope Benedict posthumo attack on Francis

Contents:

• ‘IS POPE BENEDICT XVI GAY?’ WONRS ANDREW SULLIVAN
• POPE BENEDICT GAY? GE GAENSWE RELATNSHIP SPARKS RUMORS VATIN
• THE POPE IS NOT GAY
• FORMER POPE BENEDICT XVI JT CONNECTED GAY MARRIAGE WH THE ANTICHRIST
• ‘GAY CLUBS’ N SEMARI, SAYS POPE BENEDICT POSTHUMO ATTACK ON FRANCIS
• EX-POPE BENEDICT DCRIB POWER OF VATIN'S 'GAY LOBBY' NEW MEMOIR

‘IS POPE BENEDICT XVI GAY?’ WONRS ANDREW SULLIVAN

Proment gay (and Catholic) blogger Andrew Sullivan seems to thk the Pope might be gay. Why do he thk the notorly homophobic Benedict XVI plays for his team? At tim, seems to me, his gayns is almost wce-ducg.

POPE BENEDICT GAY? GE GAENSWE RELATNSHIP SPARKS RUMORS VATIN

Of urse, this kd of work is not herently homosexual; but I have known so many reprsed gay men who n only live whout severe pa the world if they create a perfect abstractn of what is, and what their role is .

While I’m not remotely qualified to ope on whether the pury of the Pope’s theology is a sign of his reprsed homosexualy, Sullivan is right that Benedict is a cloth horse. And even were he to want to, the former Cardal Ratzger would be unable to to persuasively fend himself om Angelo Quattrochi‘s assertn that he is “simply the most reprsed, implod gay the world. ” As Sullivan not, “Ratzger’s mand that gay prits should actively lie about their orientatn mak any public statement about this on s face lackg credibily.

As a le, the majory of homosexually oriented persons who seek to lead chaste liv do not publicise their sexual orientatn. So the Pope may be gay, but he has not engaged gay behavr.

THE POPE IS NOT GAY

(He’s already blamed the sexual abe of children by prits on liberalizg mor towards homosexualy. Andrew Sullivan, a proment Catholic and lumnist for The Dish and other publitns, suggts that the outgog Pope Benedict may be secretly gay. Sullivan, himself openly gay, speculat that Pope Benedict’s relatnship wh secretary Archbishop Ge Gaenswe is the impet behd that.

Sullivan says “seems pretty obv” that Benedict “is a gay man, ” albe one who has not “explored his sexualy, or has vlated his own strictur on the matter. Detailg the close relatnship between His Hols and his right-hand man, Sullivan c Colm Toib’s review of Angelo Quattrocchi’s book The Pope Is Not Gay. Gaenswe’s proposed livg arrangement is jt more proof for Sullivan that the now-retired, 85-year-old pope is, act, a closeted homosexual.

FORMER POPE BENEDICT XVI JT CONNECTED GAY MARRIAGE WH THE ANTICHRIST

Sullivan’s lumn is more grist for the Vatin gay mor l, g on the heels of allegatns regardg the reasons for Pope Benedict’s rignatn. Italy’s La Repubbli alleg the existence of a damng ternal document ceg powerful lobbyg fluenc wh the Vatin, cludg a gay lobby. La Repubbli also suggts that a gay unrground work aniz sexual meetgs of members at venu across Rome and Vatin Cy.

‘GAY CLUBS’ N SEMARI, SAYS POPE BENEDICT POSTHUMO ATTACK ON FRANCIS

The pontiff says Church teachgs dictate that gay people should not be discrimated agast, but rpected. Andrew Brown: The pope didn't mentn gay marriage per se, but Vatin reporter Philip Pullella dissects the church's msage. Andrew Brown: Pope Benedict wants to ban even celibate gays om the clergy, acrdg to his new book.

Crowd rri msag nmng papal stance on ndoms, homosexualy, women's rights and child abe sndal.

Figur such as Stephen Fry and Terry Pratchett cricise honour over Vatin's rerd on gay rights, abortn and birth ntrol. The Lbian and Gay Christian Movement wants papal crics to 'disagree wh rpect'.

EX-POPE BENEDICT DCRIB POWER OF VATIN'S 'GAY LOBBY' NEW MEMOIR

It was immediately shot down by Ratzger who said that such an approach to protect gay men and gay sex "would rult at least the facilatn of evil. This is part of what Ratzger wrote about their efforts, and about our muny:"Given the failure of the repeated attempts of the Church's legimate thori to rolve the problems prented by the wrgs and pastoral activi of the two thors, the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah is obliged to clare for the good of the Catholic fahful that the posns advanced by Sister Jeanne Gramick and Father Robert Nugent regardg the trsic evil of homosexual acts and the objective disorr of the homosexual clatn are doctrally unacceptable bee they do not fahfully nvey the clear and nstant teachg of the Catholic Church this area. Father Nugent and Sister Gramick have often stated that they seek, keepg wh the Church's teachg, to treat homosexual persons 'wh rpect, passn and sensivy.