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PHILADELPHIA, June 26, 2015 (ChurchMilitant.com) - Gay agenda activists won't be allowed to lobby at this Fall's World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, according to the city's archbishop, Charles Chaput.

Asked whether homosexuals will be welcome at the event, where Pope Francis will be present, Abp. Chaput indicated that they would. "We hope that everyone feels welcome to come," he answered, "and certainly people who have experienced same-sex attraction are certainly welcome like anyone else."

But he added, "[W]e don't want to provide a platform at the meeting for people to lobby for positions contrary to the life of our Church, so we're not providing that kind of lobbying opportunity."

A celibate gay man is expected to speak at the event about living in accordance with Church teaching. "He'll talk about his coming to terms with his sexual orientation and the manner in which he embraced the teaching of Christ and the Church in that process," said Philadelphia's auxiliary bishop, John McIntyre.

The World Meeting of Families is scheduled to take place September 22–25 and is expected to draw more than 15,000 people.

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