Why Catholic bishops are meeting in Rome to discuss same-sex marriage

Posted on AllSides October 15th, 2014
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Ever since Pope Francis casually dropped his game-changing "Who am I to judge?" last July, theologians and pundits have fiercely debated where exactly the Pontiff stood on the question of homosexuality. Did the remark really signify a break from his predecessor, Benedict, or was it just a more savvy way of rephrasing age-old doctrine? Did it signify a change of tone or substance?

As often happens, commentators were quick to interpret the Pope's words in ways that rather conveniently agreed with their own political positions. And then, like clockwork, various...

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