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Jan 07

The Trouble With The Pope: On Benedict XVI’s 2010 visit to Britain

  • By abravefaith in Christianity, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBT rights, Liverpool, Marriage Equality, sexuality
  • 7th January 2023

POPE EMERITUS Benedict XVI died on 31st December 2022, and was buried in the Vatican this week. His legacy is long, though he resigned in 2013, the first Pope to do so for 600 years. In September 2010, as Pope Benedict visited Britain, I was the Convenor of the Liverpool branch of Quest the LGBT+ …

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