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Title: Gay Catholics to protest pope’s visit
Post by: Shana A on April 11, 2008, 08:51:36 AM
Gay Catholics to protest pope's visit
Some say harsh anti-gay Vatican rhetoric inconsistent with welcoming priests, parishes

LOU CHIBBARO JR
Friday, April 11, 2008

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2008/4-11/news/national/12407.cfm (http://www.washingtonblade.com/2008/4-11/news/national/12407.cfm)

Gay Catholics in Washington and New York have announced plans to greet Pope Benedict XVI on his first visit to the United States next week with peaceful protests and public statements declaring their intention to remain in the church, despite official teachings calling homosexuality an "objective disorder."