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Cardinal criticises Pope's comments on homosexuality

24/10/2020 GMT

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Cardinal Raymond Burke criticises Pope Francis's comments supporting same-sex couples

Cardinal Raymond Burke criticises Pope Francis's comments supporting same-sex couples.

One of Pope Francis's fiercest critics in the Vatican has said that the Pontiff's recent comments supporting civil unions for same-sex couples are a 'private opinion', which ordinary Roman Catholics are not obliged to obey. Cardinal Raymond Burke reiterated official Catholic belief that homosexual acts were 'intrinsically disordered'.

Also in the programme: The US sees a rise in coronavirus cases and Chileans vote on changing their country's constitution.

Joining Paul Henley to discuss these and other issues is Matina Stevis-Gridneff, the Brussels correspondent for The New York Times, covering the European Union and Oliver McTernan, co-founder and director of Forward Thinking. 

(Picture: Pope Francis. Credit: Reuters)

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