Catholic church leaders are not giving up their fight against gay marriage and argue they're winning the battle despite setbacks in the election last week, according to the Vatican semiofficial newspaper.
In an article published Friday in L'Osservatore Romano by historian Lucetta Scaraffia, he writes "the church has emerged in recent years as the only institution on the global stage that's capable of resisting the forces that threaten to 'break up ... human society,'" the Religion News Service reports:
Meanwhile this week in Baltimore, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is holding its semiannual meeting (Nov. 12-15), where defeating gay marriage is slated among the topics of discussion.
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