Gloria.TV News on the 21st of October 2015

Old Ways of Sin: Bombay Cardinal Gracias has said in an interview with the homosex organization New Ways Ministry that it would have been a – quote – “enrichment” if practicing homosexuals had spoken at the Synod on the Family. Gracias belongs to the group of prelates who will write the final report.

Honeymoon Over: Alexander Stille writes in The New Yorker that the honeymoon for Pope Francis is over, at least among the bishops and Cardinals. Stille quotes a Vatican source he met during the Pope’s visit to the U.S. Quote - “If a conclave were to be held today, Francis would be lucky to get ten votes.” And: “He gets an A-plus on public relations, but an F on all the rest.”

A Kingdom Divided Against Itself: The web-side of Vatican Radio has become an image of the present turmoil inflicted upon the Church. On one side, Polish Radio Vatican is reporting in a Catholic sense. On the other hand, English and German Radio Vatican have espoused those radical positions that have led the Church in West into self-destruction.

Fabricated: Bishop Patras Minj of Ambikapur has asked the Indian president to look into the case of Father Joseph Dhanaswami, the principal of a Catholic High School, accused of raping a fourth-grade girl. According to the bishop police is working under pressure from Hindu extremists. The priest initially was charged with child abuse which was later changed to rape "without any material proof." Recently a medical team forced the imprisoned priest to masturbate. But their efforts to collect his semen failed. According to the Vicar General the case is totally fabricated.