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Vatican Punishes Dissident Austrian Priest Over Promoting Papal Marriage
Who in the world the pedophile vampires of the Vatican are to tell anyone on the globe how they should comport their affairs is anyone's guess, but the Vatican is punishing a dissident Austrian Priest who believes that church clergy should have the right to marry.
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Reuters) - The Vatican has cracked down on a prominent Austrian Roman Catholic priest who has been leading a disobedience campaign to openly challenge Roman Catholic teachings on celibacy and women priests.
The Vatican said on Thursday it had stripped Father Helmut Schueller of the right to use title monsignor and said he also was no longer a "Chaplain of His Holiness". Schueller remains a priest."
The whole story can be read here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/29/us-pope-austria-dissident-idUSBRE8AS0RM20121129
