Gay swiss guard
Rome, gay Swiss guards in a street art piece on church interference
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In Rome, two Swiss guards are depicted in a gay kiss in a street art piece by artist Laika that addresses the issue of church interference on the DDL Zan issue.
Two Swiss guards exchanging a homosexual kiss, smiling: it is a new street art serve that has appeared in Rome and bears the signature of Laika, known for her works that address the most pressing current issues. In this case, the artist focused on the Holy See’s statements regarding the Zan ddl: “The Secretariat of State notes that some of the contents of the legislative initiative,” reads a note, “particularly in the part that establishes the criminalization of discriminatory conduct on grounds ’based on sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity,’ would have the effect of negatively affecting the freedoms guaranteed to the Catholic Church and her adj by the current concordat regime.” And agai
No, not at all! Homosexuality as most of us know (from Greek homos, "the same" and Filos "friend", meaning loving the same, in the sense of the same sex) is a sexual orientation characterized by romantic and / or sexual attraction to people of one's own sex.
Sodomy however, very few knows what it really means. Many think that this is the very same as homosexuality, but that is completely wrong. According to both Norwegian and Danish dictionary, sodomy refers to sexual intercourse with animals - something most people deplore mostly.
Norwegian Dictionary: "sodomy" (from Sodom, cf. Genesis 19) sexual intercourse between gentleman and beast.
Danish Dictionary: "A biblical expression that comes from the two sinful cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. It was thought initially that it meant homosexuality, but it has since come to imply sexual intercourse with animals".
The truth is that the word sodomy has had many deceptive meanings and has been used in the most amazing ways through the ages.
In medieval terminology sodomy was one of the biggest assaults one could commit, and mattered far more
A former member of the Vatican’s Swiss Guard has claimed that cardinals prey on young men recruited to the Pope’s personal bodyguard.
He said that he had received up to 20 “unambiguous advances” from cardinals, bishops and priests and claimed that he was even asked for sex by a dignitary near to Pope John Paul II. “The Vatican is a paradise for gays,” the unnamed former guard said in an interview with a Swiss newspaper.
His story appears to confirm rumours that senior Catholic churchmen, who have vowed to endure celibate, look to the Swiss Guards for sex.
The guardsman, who served under Pope John Paul II, who died in , attacked the hypocrisy of the Church. He said that he once received a late-night telephone call inviting him to a bedroom in the apostolic palace, near to the lodgings of the Pope. “Once, when I was coming place at midnight, I got a phone call from a withheld number,” he said. “ ‘What are you doing? Where are you?’ he asked me in Italian, and it turned out that this concerned an important cleric who was lodging at the papal palace.”
On another occasion
&#;Gay romance&#; with Swiss soldier shocks Vatican
The Italian weekly L&#;Espresso said prelate Battista Ricca had gay relationships during his time at the Vatican embassy of Montevideo in Uruguay, as well as an affair with a Swiss army officer, which ultimately saw him sent back to Rome in disgrace.
Vatican expert for L&#;Espresso Sandro Magister said Ricca provided lodgings and a pay test for captain Patrick Haari in and was once left badly beaten after trawling notorious gay hangouts before his behaviour saw him transferred out of Montevideo in
He also allegedly got stuck in an elevator with a young gigolo he had invited to the embassy for the evening, and had to be rescued.
An internal bid to protect him and cover up the scandal meant Francis apparently had no notion about Ricca&#;s past before he appointed him as his personal representative at the scandal-hit bank this year.
Ricca went on from Montevideo to hold several prestigious positions in Rome, including the director of the Santa Martha residence where the pope