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This response is from Archbishop Adrian Doyle and was issued to The Mercury, other Tasmanian and national media on the 24th of December following an article in The Mercury which alleged the Pope had made a verbal attack against the gay community. The Mercury chose to use only a small part and ran a similar article on Christmas Day.
Archbishop Puzzled Over Response to Papal Address 24th December 2008
The Archbishop of Hobart, the Most Rev. Adrian Doyle, said he was puzzled by a report in The Mercury (24 Dec) about the Pope attacking the gay community.
“I have personally read the original address His Holiness gave to the Curia on the 22nd of December and it makes no reference or gives any condemnation to the gay and lesbian community.”
“To use the quote in the Mercury headline – “homosexuality is as great a threat as rainforest destruction” – is completely incorrect and inflammatory,” Archbishop Doyle said. For more click here
