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Archbishop Says African Synod Delegates Will Keep Opposing LGBTQ+ Inclusion

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Ahead of the Synod on Synodality's final assembly in October, a Cameroonian archbishop has defended African Catholics' opposition to LGBTQ+ and said it would continue. Read More

Nigerian Bishops Condemn International Agreement over LGBTQ+ Rights; And More News

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Nigeria's Catholic bishops have voiced their opposition to an international economic agreement that the bishops claim would undermine the country's values, particularly regarding sexuality and gender issues. Today's post includes this news and other developments from Africa. Read More

Top Cardinal Responds to Global Bishops’ Swift Criticism of Blessings Declaration

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In Pope Francis' nearly-eleven year tenure, perhaps nothing he has done has prompted so many responses in such a short time as approving blessings for same-gender couples. Within a day or two of the Vatican declaration on blessings, titled Fiducia Supplicans, being released, dozens, if not hundreds, of church leaders and other Catholics spoke out—and strongly. Read More

Cameroonian Priest: African Synod Delegates Likely to Resist Pro-LGBTQ+ Ideas

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A Cameroonian priest has suggested that African delegates to the Synod on Synodality assembly next month may be quite resistant to any efforts at being more inclusive of LGBTQ+ people. Read More

Church Officials in Cameroon Say Bishop Murdered by Gay Priests

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A church official in Cameroon claimed another bishop who died did not die by suicide... Read More

LGBT Advocates to Cameroon’s Bishops: Retract Demand of “Zero Tolerance” for Homosexuality

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LGBT advocates are seeking Pope Francis’ intervention as they plead with Cameroon’s Catholic bishops to... Read More

NEWS NOTES: August 19, 2013

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Here are some items that may be of interest: 1) Using hyperbolic language, the Catholic... Read More

Anti-LGBT Remarks in Malawi and Cameroon a Warning Sign as Conclave Approaches

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As speculation about a possible African pope continues in Rome, news from Malawi and Cameroon... Read More

NEWS NOTES: January 31, 2013

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Here are links to Catholic LGBT news items that might be of interest to you:... Read More

Cameroon Archbishop Issues Inflammatory Anti-Gay Statement

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  The Catholic archbishop of Yaounde, Cameroon, has made anti-gay statements just the week before... Read More