A Roman Catholic teacher fired over her same-sex marriage says she has been invited to the White House to help welcome Pope Francis.

Margie Winters said Monday she hopes the pontiff will address issues facing gay Catholics during his visit to the U.S. this week.

The 50-year-old Winters says she lost her job this year at a private Catholic grade school outside Philadelphia over her 2007 same-sex marriage.

Thousands of people from diverse social and religious backgrounds are expected to attend the welcoming ceremony Wednesday on the South Lawn.

Winters hopes to get a chance to speak to the pope. She would ask him to extend his message of inclusion to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Catholics.

She says her invitation came through the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT advocacy group.

Sounds like an agenda to embarrass the Pope.

shes been in a gay marriage since 2007, but fired this year...she was probably fired for some other reason...

The teacher is not the only controversial guest that Obama has invited to greet the Pope...

"" On the eve of Pope Francis ’s arrival in the
U.S., the Vatican has taken offense at the
Obama administration’s decision to invite to
the pope’s welcome ceremony transgender
activists, the first openly gay Episcopal
bishop and an activist nun who leads a
group criticized by the Vatican for its
silence on abortion and euthanasia.
According to a senior Vatican official, the
Holy See worries that any photos of the
pope with these guests at the White House
welcoming ceremony next Wednesday could
be interpreted as an endorsement of their
activities.
The tension exemplifies concerns among
conservative Catholics, including many
bishops, that the White House will use the
pope’s visit to play down its differences
with church leaders on such contentious
issues as same-sex marriage and the
contraception mandate in the health care
law.""
http://www.wsj.com/articles/vatican-disputes-white-house-guest-list-for-papal-visit-1442533549


And there are people that claim this didnt happen:




Coincidence with the people invited to greet Pope? I think not

i don't get how they can just change the word of god because it suits their needs... and people wonder why i'm an atheist...

I am not Catholic but aren't they opposed to being gay?

yes, because god says it's not what it wants... so if the pope changes this and accepts it, doesn't that mean gods word in invalid?

On the upside,
November 4th of next year,
that a-hole will be on his way out of the whitehouse.

Yep...and never thought I'd say this but whatever taint takes his place will be a welcomed relief...

I don't get Catholics myself lol but if someone works for the "church", shouldn't they follow the beliefs? Then again...this is Obama too

The representative of the tranny community...

Would it's name be Michele Obama?

Exactly look at all the words he has changed the meaning of.

Racism
Transparency
Equal opportunity
Terrorist

The list is endless..
And people still believe him.. Why???

Dunno...makes me want to drink lol

I would ask a Catholic, my observations are from an outsider only, and it appears on the outside like this pope is quite 'liberal' in his tolerance of things that were previously clearly taught as being against the Word.

because he walked on water
he created world peace
he healed all the sick
and he ended poverty

,,oh dang,, claiming it didnt make it true,,, lol


and similarly no definitions changed,,



,people support him the same reasons they support any, because they are pleased with his performance regarding those issues they place priority on,,,,

someone touch a nerve here?

so the word of god changes to public opinion? doesn't anyone wonder what god itself thinks of this? is everyone going to hell now?

dunno, did they?

someone asked a question, and someone answered,,,,,

dunno, did they?

someone asked a question, and someone answered,,,,,

i don't remember obarry walking on water, but he probably lied about it at some point...