Over 100,000 demonstrators joined protests organized by Catholic groups to oppose the introduction of homosexual “marriage” in France over the weekend. Backed by the Catholic Church and attended by Catholic clergy and bishops, the protests rallied against French President Francois Hollande’s decision to back plans to legalize homosexual “marriage” and adoption next year.
On the day of the biggest protests, November 17, Pope Benedict xvi gave his implicit support. He told French bishops visiting the Vatican that day that “the voice of the church must make itself heard relentlessly and with determination.”
