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Gio Benitez, Openly Gay ABC News Weekend Anchor, Joins Catholic Church and Reaffirms Faith with Husband by His Side
MSN ^ | 11/11/25 | Sam Gillette

Posted on 11/12/2025 12:58:44 PM PST by ebb tide

Gio Benitez, Openly Gay ABC News Weekend Anchor, Joins Catholic Church and Reaffirms Faith with Husband by His Side

“I found the Ark of the Covenant in my heart, stored there by the one who created me … exactly as I am," Benitez wrote

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Gio Benitez, an ABC News anchor who is openly gay, joined a Catholic church in New York City and reaffirmed his faith after a long spiritual journey. 

On Monday, Nov. 10, the Good Morning America co-anchor shared a moving video of his confirmation mass at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan with his husband, Tommy DiDario, serving as his sponsor — a special moment partly inspired by the late Pope Francis’ “legacy of inclusivity.”

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Moral Issues
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But it wasn’t until six months ago that Benitez began making his way back to the Catholic Church. After Pope Francis died on April 21, Benitez was inspired by Father James Martin’s appearance on GMA, who talked about the church leader’s more progressive views. The late Pope famously said, “Who am I to judge?” when speaking about gay people in 2013.


1 posted on 11/12/2025 12:58:44 PM PST by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide

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2 posted on 11/12/2025 12:59:57 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Oystir; Al Hitan; Fedora; irishjuggler; Jaded; kalee; markomalley; miele man; Mrs. Don-o; ...

Frankenchurch Ping


3 posted on 11/12/2025 1:00:07 PM PST by ebb tide (The Jesuits need to be banned again.)
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To: ebb tide

My friend the Catholic priest would just laugh and say: “You’re going to Hell, buddy.”


4 posted on 11/12/2025 1:00:19 PM PST by Fido969
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To: Fido969

What part of “intrinsically disordered” do these perverts not understand?


5 posted on 11/12/2025 1:01:51 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: ebb tide

2 Thessalonians 2

8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.


6 posted on 11/12/2025 1:02:30 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ebb tide

” The late Pope famously said, “Who am I to judge?”

1 Corinthians 6:3
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?


7 posted on 11/12/2025 1:03:31 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Oh my... you quoted scripture!!!


8 posted on 11/12/2025 1:06:54 PM PST by MIA_eccl1212 (10-10-10-10)
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To: NorthMountain

So, I definitely will not watch ABC News on the weekends. Not that I watch it anytime, but I will now make an extra effort to never watch it. Get woke. Go broke.


9 posted on 11/12/2025 1:08:57 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Red Badger

(Gio Benitez, an openly gay ABC News anchor, joined a Catholic church in New York City and celebrated his confirmation mass on social media

He said that the special moment was partly inspired by learning more about the late Pope Francis’s “legacy of inclusivity”

Benitez’s husband, Tommy DiDario, served as his sponsor)

Facepalm 😯 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦


10 posted on 11/12/2025 1:10:53 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: MIA_eccl1212; Red Badger; Elsie

Exactly

The horror! 🙀🙀🙀


11 posted on 11/12/2025 1:11:57 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: ebb tide

ABC News Weekend? Is that really a thing?


12 posted on 11/12/2025 1:18:15 PM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Fido969
My friend the Catholic priest would just laugh and say: “You’re going to Hell, buddy.”

So would my priest. And many other priests I know. I'm sure in New York it wouldn't be hard to shop around to find a priest go along with this sacrilege.

13 posted on 11/12/2025 1:18:22 PM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: ebb tide
The hymn sung was: “O worship my parts, all glorious below. I follow where they lead,and prick me to go....”
14 posted on 11/12/2025 1:19:32 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: ebb tide

So he is claiming to be Catholic, at least he is not claiming to be a Christian!


15 posted on 11/12/2025 1:27:11 PM PST by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: ebb tide

https://firstthings.com/modern-day-marcionism/


16 posted on 11/12/2025 1:28:38 PM PST by jjotto ("...saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau...")
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To: ebb tide

It is not possible to receive Holy Communion as a Catholic while in a state of sin. In fact “gay marriage” automatically excommunicates a Catholic.


17 posted on 11/12/2025 1:31:31 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: ebb tide

Sorry buddy, but its not your “husband” in the eyes of the Catholic Church. Unless Leo takes Francis’s gay agenda and runs with it.


18 posted on 11/12/2025 1:41:11 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: ebb tide

What the hell does the “Ark of the Covenant” have to do with a fudge-packer becoming a Catholic?


19 posted on 11/12/2025 1:42:45 PM PST by montag813
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To: ebb tide

Romans: 1.

CC


20 posted on 11/12/2025 1:50:45 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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