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Stories of Fired LGBT Church Workers “Breaking People’s Hearts,” Writes Frank Bruni

February 27, 2019/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Frank Bruni wrote about how the Catholic Church is breaking people's hearts, including in its treatment of LGBT church workers like Shelly Fitzgerald, who recently filed a second discrimination complaint against her Catholic employer. Read More

Is Fr. James Martin the “Scariest Catholic in America”?

February 7, 2018/6 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Is Fr. James Martin, SJ, the "scariest Catholic in America"? Frank Bruni, a columnist for The New York Times, took up this question after right-wing attacks forced one New Jersey parish to cancelled a scheduled lecture by Martin. Read More

Frédéric Martel, Author of “In the Closet of the Vatican,” Offers Lengthy Response to Critics

July 11, 2019/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Frédéric Martel, the author of the controversial In the Closet of the Vatican published earlier this year, has responded to critics by saying Catholics do not like the truth and the church is "burning and threatening to collapse." Read More

LGBTQ Advocates’ Reviews Split Over New Book, “In the Closet of the Vatican”

March 1, 2019/1 Comment/in Arts, Books & Culture, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A new book on homosexuality and the Vatican released last week has generated a number of reviews and commentaries. Today's post highlights several with links provided for further reading. Read More

New Book on Homosexuality at the Vatican Concerns Advocates for Gay Priests

February 18, 2019/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A new book on homosexuality and the Vatican is being released this week, one which includes the claim, among several controversial assertions, that 80 percent of priests at the Vatican are gay. Read More