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I’m somewhat cynical and skeptical about the Pope’s announcement on blessing same sex couples. It feels like a bright shiny object meant to distract us from the news about the suffering and death of women resulting from policies and laws the church aggressively lobbies for and from from the medieval care provided miscarrying women in Catholic hospitals.
I’m somewhat cynical and skeptical about the Pope’s announcement on blessing same sex couples. It feels like a bright shiny object meant to distract us from the news about the suffering and death of women resulting from policies and laws the church aggressively lobbies for and from from the medieval care provided miscarrying women in Catholic hospitals.