PhotoROME — Leaders of gay Catholic groups on Monday praised Pope Francis for saying that all Christians and the Roman Catholic Church owed an apology to gays for previous mistreatment, even as the groups called on the church to take more concrete steps to repudiate past teachings and condemn anti-gay violence. Ms. Duddy-Burke pointed to cases of the firing of gay employees of Catholic schools in the United States after they married in civil ceremonies. But he endorsed a comment of one of his top advisers who, soon after the Orlando attack, said that the church had marginalized gay people and should apologize. His much-awaited document on family life, “Amoris Laetitia,” called on the church to welcome gay people but flatly closed the door on same-sex marriage. She also noted that bishops around the world often played leading roles in campaigns against gay rights.

Source: New York Times June 27, 2016 21:11 UTC