Senior American bishops have hit out at Pope Francis for endorsing same-sex unions, calling the remarks 'private opinions' that do not represent the teachings of the church.
Cardinal Raymond Burke, an American prelate of the Catholic Church, patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and former Archbishop of St. Louis, Kentucky, accused the Pope of sowing 'error and confusion' with words that 'do not correspond to the constant teaching of the Church'. -- More...