“Here is the Church. . . “: Reflecting on a Conference About Lesbian Nuns
Here is the church, here is the steeple. . . . .Some lessons learned and insights gained at a conference about lesbian nuns.
Entries by Cristina Traina
Theology or Ideology? Parsing Vatican Thinking on Sex and Sexuality
Pope Francis’s theology of sex and gender complementarity has hardened into an ideology that uses a single strand strand of reflection about God to powerfully determine Catholic sacrament, canon law, and ethics.
Overcoming Welcome-ish: A Challenge
How welcoming are welcoming parishes really?
With Civility for All
In a summer when uncivil behavior seems to accost us from all sides, 24-year-old Mia…
Navigating the Difficult Passage Between Conscience and Justice
Responses to the Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop decision are generating a library’s worth of commentary,…
Lay Catholic Support for LGBTQ Rights Grows in U.S.
A new report from the Public Religion Research Institute weighs religious support for LGBT issues. The reality of U.S. Catholic support for LGBT equality may surprise you.
Is Winning Some Losing All? The Paradox of Religious Freedom
Close on the heels of the 2014 Hobby Lobby and Wheaton College cases, the Supreme Court’s recent Masterpiece Cakeshop decision is only the most recent ruling to leave the politics of sexuality and religious freedom in an uncomfortable place.
Pope Francis: World’s Pastor, Enforcer of Doctrine—or Spiritual Director?
Pope Francis’s declarations on LGBTQ issues have been producing spiritual whiplash. On one hand we have “Who am I to judge?” and “God made you like this. God loves you like this.” On the other, we have a reaffirmation that seminaries should not admit gay men, and no indication that Francis plans to alter basic church teaching on sexuality. How should we understand this complex–or contradictory?–figure?
“Intrinsically Disordered”: How We Got There, Why It Matters, and What We Should Do About It
The Roman Catholic Church uses the terminology “intrinsic, objective disorder” to describe lesbian and gay sexuality, but more and more Catholics are speaking out about the harm that such language causes. How did we get strapped with such terminology and what can we do about it?
Catholic Family Values and Same-Sex Marriage in Ireland: Three Years Later
Nearly three years after Ireland’s successful 2015 referendum on same-sex marriage, it’s worth asking how such a Catholic country is faring afterward and how it managed to pass same-sex marriage legislation in the first place.