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Pope Benedict reveals he was put under pressure by Vatican 'gay lobby' trying to wield power
http://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | 07/01/2016 | Julian Robinson for MailOnline

Posted on 07/01/2016 6:24:38 AM PDT by heterosupremacist

Pope Benedict has revealed a 'gay lobby' in the Vatican tried to influence decisions during his papacy - but that no-one pressured him to resign.

His memoirs, called 'The Last Conversations', are due out in September and are the first time in history that a former pope judges his own pontificate after it is over.

Citing health reasons, the 89-year-old became the first pope in six centuries to resign when he stepped down in 2013.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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He promised to remain 'hidden to the world' and has been living in a former convent in the Vatican gardens.

Italy's Corriere della Sera daily, which has acquired the Italian newspaper rights for excerpts and has access to the book, ran a long article today summarizing its key points.

In the book, Benedict says that he came to know of the presence of a 'gay lobby' made up of four or five people who were seeking to influence Vatican decisions. The article says Benedict says he managed to 'break up this power group'.

1 posted on 07/01/2016 6:24:38 AM PDT by heterosupremacist
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To: heterosupremacist

Pope Che has caved to the lavender mafia


2 posted on 07/01/2016 6:26:06 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: heterosupremacist

The Vatican has a “gay lobby”??????

Is there a “Satan lobby”??????


3 posted on 07/01/2016 6:27:04 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: heterosupremacist
The article says Benedict says he managed to 'break up this power group'.

Well, I would say he really didn't, or they reconstituted.

4 posted on 07/01/2016 6:27:22 AM PDT by Mannaggia l'America
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To: heterosupremacist

How could a man of God be swayed by a “gay lobby”? He needed to read his bible and not pontificate.


5 posted on 07/01/2016 6:27:53 AM PDT by Bitsy
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To: heterosupremacist

What - there’s a “gay lobby” in the Vatican?

I’m shocked!


6 posted on 07/01/2016 6:28:08 AM PDT by Fido969
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The Vatican has a “gay lobby”??????

When you walk in, it's to the left, and it's very tastefully decorated...

7 posted on 07/01/2016 6:28:19 AM PDT by Mannaggia l'America
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To: heterosupremacist

It’s time for Jay Leno to come back and take over the Tonight Show from Conan.


8 posted on 07/01/2016 6:29:23 AM PDT by nickedknack
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Is there a “Satan lobby”??????

Don't ask questions that you really don't want the answer to.

9 posted on 07/01/2016 6:30:09 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I'm so open minded that you should only think like me.)
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To: heterosupremacist

This pretty much confirms that there has been a coup in Vatican City. As a Protestant, I find this to be very bad news for Christian/Western civilization. The most power, influential, and wealthy Christian institution in the world has been highjacked by a cultural Marxist. Dangerous times we live in.


10 posted on 07/01/2016 6:31:05 AM PDT by WilliamCooper1
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To: Mannaggia l'America
The Vatican has a “gay lobby”??????

When you walk in, it's to the left, and it's very tastefully decorated...

Well played, FReeper!

11 posted on 07/01/2016 6:32:36 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being stupid!)
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To: Mannaggia l'America

Kept them at bay at best.


12 posted on 07/01/2016 6:32:40 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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I have read that the cardinals are not supposed to discus their papal choices during the conclave but there were cheaters in the conclave that elected Pope Francis, they discussed and lobbied other cardinals to pick the Pope that they wanted.


13 posted on 07/01/2016 6:38:25 AM PDT by cradle of freedom
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You didn't read the article. You didn't even read the excerpt. Your post is disappointing.
14 posted on 07/01/2016 6:42:01 AM PDT by impimp
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To: faucetman

“Good Bye Good Men” by Michael S. Rose is a book to start with.


15 posted on 07/01/2016 6:44:13 AM PDT by stonehouse01
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The “gay”lobby IS the Satan lobby!!!!

“Team Hillary” is also “gay” and Satanic, complete with “gay” muslims!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTemo_2Aesk

Embrace Orthodoxy!!!! Vote Trump!!!!


16 posted on 07/01/2016 6:45:34 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: heterosupremacist

Gay lobby...or gay mafia?


17 posted on 07/01/2016 6:49:36 AM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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South Park. (Link just below woman with cat)

Red Hot Catholic Love. (R+ rated)

http://m.watchcartoononline.com/south-park-season-6-episode-8-red-hot-catholic-love-2


18 posted on 07/01/2016 6:52:27 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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There has to be a pedophilia lobby as well.


19 posted on 07/01/2016 7:02:57 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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“There has to be a pedophilia lobby as well.”

Same thing, or at least the same bunch...


20 posted on 07/01/2016 7:22:47 AM PDT by LaRueLaDue
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