The Vatican denounced feminism Saturday, saying it tries to blur differences between men and women
Published:
27 August 2004 y., Friday
The Vatican denounced feminism Saturday, saying it tries to blur differences between men and women and threatens the institution of the family based on a mother and a father.
The drive for equality, the Vatican said, makes “homosexuality and heterosexuality virtually equivalent, in a new model of polymorphous sexuality.”
The concerns, raised in a 37-page document written by one of Pope John Paul II’s closest aides, broke no new ground, maintaining the Church’s ban on women priests, for example.
But some observers said they feared how the document might be used.
Professor Paul Lakeland, an expert on the Catholic Church at Fairfield University in Connecticut, said the paper “could unfortunately be used by church conservatives to condemn any form of advocacy for women.”
The pamphlet by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican’s orthodoxy watchdog, was published during a Vatican campaign to protect what it terms the Christian family.
Šaltinis:
detnews.com
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.
The most popular articles
One in three Europeans is “very concerned” about losing their job, and even more are worried their spouse or children will find themselves out of work in the months ahead.
more »
There was plenty of action at the last meeting of the Orissa state assembly in India.
more »
On Monday, the banks of the River Seine were transformed with sand and deck chairs for the opening of this year's Paris Plage.
more »
In the 2008 bathing water season Lithuania is the only EU member 100 % complying with the mandatory as well as stricter coastal bathing waters’ safety requirements and standards.
more »
People around the country gathered in China's financial capital on Tuesday ahead of the eclipse that is due to start at 8:23 am local time on Wednesday.
more »
Lithuania’s Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs emphasized that it was especially important for Lithuania to solve the issue of clearing the Baltic Sea from the remaining dumped chemical weapons.
more »
British backpacker Jamie Neal had been missing for 12 days in the bush. Now he arrived at a hospital in Katoomba near Australia's Blue Mountains.
more »
The European Commission's long standing commitment to visa free travel for the people of the Western Balkans was confirmed today with the adoption of a proposal for granting visa free travel to the citizens of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
more »
Logan Campbell from New Zealand has set up a brothel because he has an Olympic dream.
more »
About 20 protesters gathered in downtown Seoul in South Korea to demand the government abolish the tradition of eating dog meat.
more »