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Pope Paul VI was Gay Sydney's GLBT Mardi Gras Attracts Half Million |
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By Rex Wockner International News Report Spanish Priest says Pope Paul VI was Gay
"And when I say that I mean it with respect," Mantero told Britain's The Guardian. "He was also a great pope." Mantero says he has no intention of being sent off to one of the priest reformation centers in Italy or Salt Lake City where sexually wayward priests allegedly are offered chemical castration pills. "Being gay is a gift from God," he said. "The reaction of the church's hierarchy is abominable. This church should be about love and justice. Now it is just worried about sex." The Vatican is horrified. "A septic boil has appeared on the face of the Spanish church and covered it with pus," said Cardinal Dario Castrillon, prefect for the Congregation of the Clergy. Sydney's GLBT Mardi Gras Attracts Half Million
"While the feathers and flesh, glitz and glamour quotient was still high ... floats addressing religious and political controversies dominated the parade along Oxford Street," the paper said. |
Pope Paul VI led the Roman Catholic Church from 1963-1978 