Gay cardinals
A gay French writer has lifted the lid on what he calls one of the world's largest gay communities, the Vatican, estimating that most of its prelates are homosexually inclined and attributing much of the current crisis in the Catholic Church to an internal struggle.
In the explosive book, "In the Closet of the Vatican," author Frederic Martel describes a gay subculture at the Vatican and calls out the hypocrisy of Catholic bishops and cardinals who in universal denounce homosexuality but in private lead double lives.
Aside from the subject matter, the book is astonishing for the access Martel had to the inner sanctum of the Sacred See. Martel writes that he spent four years researching it in 30 countries, including weeks at a time living inside the Vatican walls. He says the doors were opened by a key Vatican gatekeeper and ally of Pope Francis who was the subject of the pontiff's famous remark about gay priests, "Who am I to judge?"
In an interview Friday in a Paris hotel, Martel said he didn't narrate his subjects he was writing about homosexuality in the Vatican. But he said it should possess been obvious to them since he is a gay man who was researching the inner society of the Vati
Holiday shopping just got a comedic twist, thanks to TikToker and comedian Chezaidan, who shared a video on Walmart’s “gay” Christmas birds.
His latest viral clip, which has amassed a jaw-dropping 4.1 million views on TikTok and nearly 5.9 million views on Instagram, took aim at the retail giant’s festive décor.
The stars of the show were a pair of identical cardinals, perched in the Christmas aisle.
- Chezaidan's video on Walmart's "gay" cardinals went viral with 4.1M TikTok and 5.9M Instagram views.
- “I don’t think Walmart did their analyze on the difference between male and female Cardinals,” he said in the viral clip.
- Some social media users cheered Walmart’s “accidental ally” moment while others joked about the “cardinal sin.”
TikTok comedian Chezaidan went viral for a hilarious video on Walmart’s festive décor
Image credits: Chezaidan
Image credits: Chezaidan
“I don’t think Walmart did their study on the difference between male and female Cardinals,” he said in the viral video, representing different decorative items with two red ca
Catholic cardinals urge end of 'homosexual agenda'
Two prominent Roman Catholic Church cardinals have urged an terminate of what they call "the plague of the homosexual agenda", telling bishops to break their complicity over cases of sexual abuse.
In an open letter, Cardinals Burke and Brandmüller say the Church has wrongly blamed the abuse of power by clergy as the main cause of the scandals.
Instead, they say the cases involve priests who include "gone away from the authenticity of the Gospel".
They also openly criticise the Pope.
Stories of sexual abuse of minors have emerged across the world and the Church has been accused of covering up crimes committed by priests.
Their letter comes on the eve of an extraordinary summit of bishops in Rome called by Pope Francis as an effort to deal with the scandals rocking the Church.
What are the cardinals saying about sex abuse?
Cardinals Raymond Burke, from the US, and Walter Brandmüller, from Germany, reject that the cases of abuse are a outcome of "clericalism" - a organization of men abusing their dominance, and protecting each other.
The cardinals belong to the traditionalist wing