An Associated Press wire article, byline Derek Gatopoulos, carried by WSLS and dated 24 January 2024, reporting the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece's unanimous statement of 23 January 2024 opposing the government's planned same-sex marriage and adoption bill. Quotes Metropolitan Bishop Panteleimon, the Holy Synod's spokesman, stating that the church says marriage is the union of a man and a woman and that is the source of life.
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Citation
PublisherAssociated Press (carried by WSLS)
Publication Year2024
URLhttps://www.wsls.com/news/world/2024/01/24/greece-faces-growing-opposition-from-the-orthodox-church-over-plans-to-legalize-same-sex-marriage/
Source Typejournalism
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Reliability Tier2
A national wire service account, independent of Catholic World Report, quoting the Holy Synod's own spokesman directly and dated closer to the 23 January 2024 statement itself. NotesCited for the Church of Greece's sexuality-position and its detail, corroborating Catholic World Report.
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