Attitude adjustment.MELBOURNE, Australia--Catholic Archbishop George Pell George Cardinal Pell, AC, (born 8 June 1941) is an Australian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal Pell currently serves as Archbishop of Sydney and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003. is standing by his remarks about homosexuality being a "greater health risk than smoking," report Ecumenical News International and The Tablet. His comments came after refusing Communion to members of the Rainbow Sash The Rainbow Sash movement is an organization created by and comprised of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Catholics who believe they should be able to receive Holy Communion. It was reportedly founded by Nick Holloway. protest group at a cathedral Mass last Pentecost. The remarks immediately drew criticism from Australian AIDS and smoking-and-health activists, who pointed out that unsafe sexual practices--not sexual orientation--are most responsible for the transmission of AIDS, and that smoking kills more people every year than breast cancer, accidents, suicide, murder, and AIDS combined. In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , National Opinion Research Center data reported by sociologist Father Andrew Greeley The Reverend Dr Andrew M. Greeley (born February 5, 1928 in Oak Park, Illinois to Andrew and Grace Greeley) is an Irish-American Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, journalist and best selling author. He has given numerous interviews on both radio and television. in his syndicated column indicates that the number of Catholics who believe homosexuality is always wrong declined from 70 percent in 1973 to 46 percent in 1998. Compared with other U.S. Christian denominations List of Christian denominations (or Denominations self-identified as Christian) ordered by historical and doctrinal relationships. (See also: Christianity; Christian denominations). Some groups are large (e.g. , "The strongest increase in tolerance for homosexuals," Greeley notes, "is among Catholics (who are now also the most tolerant), despite ... constant vilification of Catholicism by some gay activists." |
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