Catholic Church official denounces Jerusalem Pride

By Shamecca Harris, 365gay.com

The Catholic Church’s Highest ranking official in Jerusalem issued a statement Friday condemning  the city’s Pride parade, the Salt Lake City Tribune reports.

“Its organizers and the authorities who allow it, care neither for the feelings of families nor the holiness of this city,” said Latin Patriarch Faud Twal.

Jerusalem’s eighth annual Gay Pride Parade took place Thursday, July 29th and attracted 3,000 marchers to the Holy city.

In the patriarch’s statement, he implied that the event should have taken place elsewhere in recognition of the city’s religious character.

Twal added that the LGBT community can “have their parade wherever they want,” so long as it is not Jerusalem.

The parade was also met with opposition from ultra-Orthodox Jews, including from Jerusalem’s deputy-mayor.