Posts Tagged ‘Archbishop Piero Marini’

More Vatican support for same-sex civil unions

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

A second senior Vatican official has spoken in favour of civil recognition of same-sex unions — but has said they can never be equivalent to marriage. Archbishop Piero Marini, who served for 18 years as Pope John Paul II’s liturgical Master of Ceremonies, said “there are many couples that suffer because their civil rights aren’t Read more