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Peruvian cardinal rips US Supreme Court decision

June 30, 2015

Following the recent US Supreme Court decision, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne of Lima offered strong criticism of same-sex marriage, calling it “imperialism, colonialism,” according to a Peruvian media report.

History will judge whether we are bequeathing “a better world or a really sad world,” he added, recalling that history has made judgments in the cases of the Nazi regime and Islamic terrorism.

 


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  • Posted by: bernie4871 - Jun. 30, 2015 6:02 PM ET USA

    I feel gratitude for the expression of sentiments from a Peruvian Bishop, but am more than dismayed that we have heard nothing comparable from American clergy. But who am I to judge?