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Gay news: The Pope has condemned gay marriage as a threat to society.
By: Nigel Robinson
The Pope denoucned gay marriage in Fatima
The Pope denoucned gay marriage in Fatima
Pope says gay marriage is insidious and dangerous
At an open air mass in Portugal, the Pope has denounced gay marriage and abortion as “among the most insidious and dangerous challenges” to society.
Pope Benedict was speaking to half a million people at a mass which formed the highlight of his four-day visit to Portugal.
His comments are being seen as a criticism of the Portuguese Parliament who have recently approved gay marriage, and which is due to be signed into law by the country’s President.
He said that the “defence of life” and “indissoluble marriage between a man and a woman” were responses to “some of the most insidious and dangerous challenges to the common good”.
The Pope was speaking in the town of Lourdes, north of Lisbon, where in 1917 three children claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary. The town has since become a place of pilgrimage for Roman Catholics worldwide.
