Gloria.TV News on the 2nd of September 2014
More Sex: Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, the Prefect of the Congregation for Religious Life has stated to the Osservatore Romano that Catholic religious need to reflect more on the “affective and sexual dimension”. Quote: “We do not know each other and therefore do not integrate the value of the other part”. About obedience he said: “It is not possible anymore to have an authoritarian vision of authority.”
Freedom from Constraint: Margaret Jones lost her job at Bedford register office in the east of England after refusing to conduct homosex-marriage ceremonies. Jones said that she wants people who get married to have a good experience and added: “I don't think I could stand up and say that it 'gives me great pleasure' to declare a gay couple married." The appeal ruled that her employer failed to take a "balanced view" of her religious beliefs. Legislation protects religious groups from facing legal action if they choose not to conduct gay marriages. …More