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Pope suffers synod setback on gays Catholic synod: Pope Francis suffers setback on gays
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Pope suffers setback as proposals for wider acceptance of gay people fail to win two-thirds majority at synod Pope Francis has suffered a setback as proposals for wider acceptance of gay people failed to win a two-thirds majority at a Catholic Church synod.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. A draft issued half-way through the meeting of senior clerics had called for greater openness towards homosexuals, and divorced and remarried Catholics.
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The Pope said the full draft document should nonetheless be published.
The report was issued at the conclusion of a two-week meeting of bishops at the Vatican.
The earlier draft had said that homosexuals had "gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community".
Progressive bishops and gay rights groups had welcomed the draft, but conservative groups called it a "betrayal".