Same-sex marriage supporters celebrating at Dublin Castle last Saturday, top, and Cardinal Pietro Parolin, above

Ah here.

The Guardian reports:

“’I was deeply saddened by the result,’ Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, said at a conference in Rome on Tuesday night. ‘The church must take account of this reality, but in the sense that it must strengthen its commitment to evangelisation. I think that you cannot just talk of a defeat for Christian principles, but of a defeat for humanity.'”

“… with his choice of words, Parolin differed from the pope in one respect: the Argentinian pontiff has also used the phrase “defeat for humanity”, but he was talking about war, not the legalisation of gay marriage.”

In fairness.

Vatican says Ireland gay marriage vote is ‘defeat for humanity’ (The Guardian)

Pic: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland and Catholic Ireland 

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