Tag: earthquake

The Vatican quickly distanced themselves from the comments, saying they were Pagan and not Catholic. A Catholic friar has come under fire for comments about the fatal August earthquake in central Italy. Dominican friar Giovanni Cavalcoli, in an interview with fundamentalist Catholic radio show Radio Maria, said the earthquake, which killed almost 300 people, could be divine punishment for civil unions for gay men. ‘From a theological point of view, these disasters are the result of original sin,’ he said. ‘We are in...