Guardian.co.uk – Matthew Weaver
Benedict’s latest comments on sexuality have prompted dismayed – and some unprintable – reactions
The papacy has a long history of making shockingly conservative remarks, but the pope’s latest pronouncements on sexuality will take some beating: he has been reported as saying in his Christmas message that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour is as important as saving the rainforest from destruction. A sort of “ecology of man” was needed, he said, according to the Guardian.