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Vatican Synod Report Downplays LGBTQ Issues, Disappointing Progressives

Vatican Synod Report Downplays LGBTQ Issues, Disappointing Progressives


ROME — A Vatican meeting called to discuss potentially profound changes in the Catholic Church adjourned Saturday with a final report that barely referred to one of its most controversial issues: the place of LGBTQ people in the Church. ‘Church.

This omission, following recent signs of liberalization in this area since Pope Francis, risked disappointing Catholic defenders of LGBTQ rights. Supporters of women’s ordination received a little more encouragement, as the Vatican meeting called for further research into the possibility of having women deacons.

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