Pope condemns gay marriage and the ‘abortion pill’

POPE Benedict, speaking out on hot topics that will figure in the campaigning for this year’s Italian general elections, yesterday condemned gay marriage and the use of the so-called “abortion pill.”

He was attacked by gay leaders and leftist politicians who accused him of interfering in domestic affairs.

Benedict, speaking to political leaders of the Rome region, said marriage was not a “casual, sociological entity” but “a question of the correct relationship between a man and a woman.”