Costa Rica - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 16 Aug 2018 03:12:56 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Costa Rica - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Ruling legalising gay marriage upsets Costa Rica's bishops https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/08/16/gay-marriage-costa-ricas-bishops/ Thu, 16 Aug 2018 07:51:32 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=110620 A ruling legalising gay marriage by the Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica's Supreme Court has upset the country's Catholic bishops. "In a democratic and pluralistic society like ours, legal recognition can be given to persons of the same sex that live together," the bishops said. However, they continued, it would be "unjust if such recognition Read more

Ruling legalising gay marriage upsets Costa Rica's bishops... Read more]]> A ruling legalising gay marriage by the Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica's Supreme Court has upset the country's Catholic bishops.

"In a democratic and pluralistic society like ours, legal recognition can be given to persons of the same sex that live together," the bishops said. However, they continued, it would be "unjust if such recognition would claim to equate same-sex unions with marriage." Read more

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