The NoToPope Coalition will stage a peaceful protest against the Pope’s positions on homosexuality and HIV/AIDS prevention, when the Pope addresses thousands of Catholic youth on World Youth Day on Saturday, July 19.

The Coalition includes Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH), the Metropolitan Community Church, Atheists Sydney, the Socialist Alliance, Resistance, the Raelian Movement, PopeAliceXorporation (PAX) and androgynous rights activist Norrie May Welby.

Rachel Evans (pictured), from CAAH, told SX that the Coalition will hand out condoms to Catholic youth to protest the Pope’s anti-condom stance.

“We want to say to the Catholic youth that bigotry and homophobia is not on,” Evans said.

“We want to convince them to take up the fight within the Catholic Church.

“We want the Sydney LGBTI community, the women’s rights community, the secular crew and the progressive Christians and Catholics, to come together and say that this Pope doesn’t speak for us.”

The group will march from Taylor Square to Randwick Racecourse, from 12pm.

For more information, visit  www.notopope.com/.

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