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I love the lack of attention this is getting considering how lie made headlines everywhere...
Vatican: Media Uses ?Manipulation? of Pope?s Statements to Fit Agenda | CNS News
The Vatican press office released a statement three days ago calling the medias coverage of Pope Francis remarks about children living with same-sex parents manipulation and quite obviously forced, adding that the popes positions were completely different from what some people are now trying to surreptitiously attribute to him.
The Vatican statement was in response to media reports about informal comments by the pope that they said indicated a change, a move by the church towards accepting civil unions for homosexuals.
I remember the case of a sad little girl who finally confided to her teacher the reason for her state of mind: my mothers girlfriend doesnt like me, Pope Francis said to a gathering of the Superiors General of religious men on November 29. The percentage of children studying in schools whose parents have separated is very high.
The situation in which we live now provides us with new challenges which are sometimes difficult for us to understand, said the pope. How can we proclaim Christ to these boys and girls? How can we proclaim Christ to a generation that is changing? We must be careful not to administer a vaccine against faith to them.
Pope Francis remarks occurred during a Q & A format with the religious men about the challenges of belonging to a religious order, the challenges facing the church in general, and education.
From the Popes remark, AFP ran a story with the headline, Pope Calls for Fresh Church Approach to Children of Gay Parents.
The article claimed that, Though the Church has often been in conflict with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community over its opposition to same-sex marriage and to homosexuality, Francis has drawn praise for attempts to be inclusive.
An article with a very similar title appeared on NBC News, Pope Calls for New Approach To Kids of Gay, Divorced Parents.
A story with the popes quote also appeared in The Australian titled The Popes Plea on Gay Kids and the same theme was featured in The Hindus article, Popes Inclusive Remarks on Homosexuality Surprise Many.
These media outlets failed to report Pope Francis recent opposition to same-sex unions in Malta and his instruction to the archbishop there he was saddened by news that Malta was considering allowing gay couples to adopt, calling it anthropological regression, a phrase he had also used when he was bishop of Buenos Aires.