Wall Street Journal Article RatingGerman Catholic Leaders Support Blessings for Gay Couples, Challenging Pope Francis
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16% Somewhat Conservative
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16% Somewhat Conservative
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-40% Negative
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
51% : In March, the Vatican's doctrinal office released a statement, personally approved by the pope, prohibiting the blessing of same-sex couples since God "cannot bless sin."45% : In May, priests and lay ministers protesting the Vatican statement publicly blessed same-sex couples at more than 100 churches across Germany.
45% : Pope Francis has reaffirmed church doctrine that the sacrament of marriage is exclusively the union of a man and a woman, but he has taken a conciliatory line toward gay Catholics and supported civil unions for same-sex couples.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.