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Controversial Swiss bishop set to retire

Fri, 21 Apr 2017 11:33:07 +0200

Vitus Huonder, the Bishop of Chur in eastern Switzerland, gave the Pope his resignation on Thursday, his 75th birthday.

Swiss bishops: we are open to gay people

Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:13:04 +0200

The Catholic church is open to all, regardless of sexuality, the Swiss Conference of Bishops has said in its first official statement since the controversial comments of Bishop Vitus Huonder at the end of July.

Bishop apologizes for anti-gay speech

Thu, 13 Aug 2015 11:26:54 +0200

The Bishop of Chur, Vitus Huonder, has apologized to gay people after citing controversial Bible passages in a speech he gave at a Catholic forum in Germany at the end of July.

Swiss bishop slammed over anti-gay speech

Mon, 03 Aug 2015 13:49:59 +0200

Switzerland's gay and lesbian community has reacted angrily after the ultra-conservative Bishop of Chur quoted passages from the Bible which condemn homosexuals to death.

Sex ed harms 'natural sense of shame': bishop

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:44:00 +0100

Two Swiss Catholic bishops have traded verbal blows after the bishop of Chur, Vitus Huonder, argued that parents should have the right to exempt their children from sex education classes at school.