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Vatican condemns radio station over anti-gay comments on quake
Source: BBC
Vatican condemns radio station over anti-gay comments on quake
4 November 2016 Europe
The Vatican has condemned a right-wing Catholic radio station after a broadcast said the recent earthquakes in Italy were "God's punishment" for gay civil unions.
The remarks, made on the station Radio Maria, were "offensive and scandalous", the Vatican said.
A Dominican friar said the quakes, including one in August that killed nearly 300, were caused by sins of man.
He said these included the approval of same-sex civil unions last May.
But the Vatican rejected the remarks as pagan, and said they had nothing to do with Catholic theology.
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4 November 2016 Europe
The Vatican has condemned a right-wing Catholic radio station after a broadcast said the recent earthquakes in Italy were "God's punishment" for gay civil unions.
The remarks, made on the station Radio Maria, were "offensive and scandalous", the Vatican said.
A Dominican friar said the quakes, including one in August that killed nearly 300, were caused by sins of man.
He said these included the approval of same-sex civil unions last May.
But the Vatican rejected the remarks as pagan, and said they had nothing to do with Catholic theology.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37877395