{"id":40503,"date":"2016-07-01T12:20:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T16:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/pope-benedict-says-he-broke-up-gay-lobby-at-the-vatican-video\/"},"modified":"2016-07-01T12:20:51","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T16:20:51","slug":"pope-benedict-says-he-broke-up-gay-lobby-at-the-vatican-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/pope-benedict-says-he-broke-up-gay-lobby-at-the-vatican-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Benedict Says He Broke Up \u2018Gay Lobby\u2019 at the Vatican \u2013 VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Pope Benedict Says He Broke Up \u2018Gay Lobby\u2019 at the Vatican \u2013 VIDEO<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Benedykt_xvi.jpg?resize=740%2C555\" alt=\"pope benedict gay lobby\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Benedykt_xvi.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Benedykt_xvi.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Benedykt_xvi.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Benedykt_xvi.jpg?w=1480 1480w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Benedykt_xvi.jpg?w=2220 2220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Pope Benedict XVI says that during his time as Pontiff he was able to break up an alleged &lsquo;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> lobby&rsquo; within the Vatican.<\/p>\n<p>Benedict made the assertion in his new memoir&nbsp;<em>The Last Conversations<\/em>, set to be published in September.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/world\/in-memoirs-ex-pope-bened\/2922724.html\">Reuters reports:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the book, Benedict says that he came to know of the presence of a &ldquo;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> lobby&rdquo; made up of four or five people who were seeking to influence Vatican decisions. The article says Benedict says he managed to &ldquo;break up this power group&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>Benedict resigned following a turbulent papacy that included the so-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> &ldquo;Vatileaks&rdquo; case, in which his butler leaked some of his personal letters and other documents that alleged corruption and a power struggle in the Vatican.<\/p>\n<p>Italian media at the time reported that a faction of prelates who wanted to discredit Benedict and pressure him to resign was behind the leaks.<\/p>\n<p>Much has been made of the so-called&nbsp;&lsquo;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> lobby&rsquo; over the years. At the time of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2013\/02\/pope-benedict-xvi-resigning-february-28\/\">Benedict&rsquo;s resignation<\/a> from the papacy in 2013, it was reported that the existence of this&nbsp;group&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2013\/02\/report-gay-lobby-within-vatican-influenced-popes-resignation\/\">heavily influenced Benedict&rsquo;s decision to become the first pope in history to step down.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Benedict himself says his decision to resign was based on health reasons.<\/p>\n<p>When Pope Francis was elected as Benedict&rsquo;s successor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2013\/06\/pope-francis-says-gay-lobby-exists-within-vatican\/\">he acknowledged the existence and influence of a &lsquo;gay lobby&rsquo;<\/a>, saying, &ldquo;There is talk of a &lsquo;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> lobby&rsquo; and it&rsquo;s true, it exists. We have to see what can be done.&rdquo; In 2014, a&nbsp;cardinal said that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/01\/vatican-gay-lobby\/\">Francis has been trying to &ldquo;purify&rdquo; that lobby<\/a>&ndash;a statement which suggests Benedict was unable to break up the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> power group as he claims.<\/p>\n<p>At least one former high ranking member of the clergy,&nbsp;Krzysztof Charamsa, the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> priest who was fired by Pope Francis after coming out as <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/10\/gay-lobby\/\">has denied the existence of a gay lobby.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch a report from the AP on Pope Francis&rsquo; acknowledgment of a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> lobby as well as a trailer for PBS&rsquo; Frontline report <em>Secrets of the Vatican<\/em>, which chronicles the workings of the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> lobby (and is an absolute must-watch), below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/07\/gay-lobby-vatican\/\">Pope Benedict Says He Broke Up &lsquo;Gay Lobby&rsquo; at the Vatican &ndash; VIDEO<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/\">Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=k7hhewANBPY:j5dhSaSQVeE:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=k7hhewANBPY:j5dhSaSQVeE:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=k7hhewANBPY:j5dhSaSQVeE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=k7hhewANBPY:j5dhSaSQVeE:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=k7hhewANBPY:j5dhSaSQVeE:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=k7hhewANBPY:j5dhSaSQVeE:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=k7hhewANBPY:j5dhSaSQVeE:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/k7hhewANBPY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/k7hhewANBPY\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/k7hhewANBPY\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Benedict Says He Broke Up \u2018Gay Lobby\u2019 at the Vatican \u2013 VIDEO Pope Benedict XVI says that during his time as Pontiff he was able to break up an alleged &lsquo;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> lobby&rsquo; within the Vatican. Benedict made the assertion in his new memoir&nbsp;The Last Conversations, set to be published in September. Reuters reports: In &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/pope-benedict-says-he-broke-up-gay-lobby-at-the-vatican-video\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pope Benedict Says He Broke Up \u2018Gay Lobby\u2019 at the Vatican \u2013 VIDEO<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pope Benedict Says He Broke Up \u2018Gay Lobby\u2019 at the Vatican \u2013 VIDEO - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/pope-benedict-says-he-broke-up-gay-lobby-at-the-vatican-video\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pope Benedict Says He Broke Up \u2018Gay Lobby\u2019 at the Vatican \u2013 VIDEO - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pope Benedict Says He Broke Up \u2018Gay Lobby\u2019 at the Vatican \u2013 VIDEO Pope Benedict XVI says that during his time as Pontiff he was able to break up an alleged &lsquo;gay lobby&rsquo; within the Vatican. 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