NEWS NOTES: April 18, 2014

Here are some follow-up news items to previous posts: 1)  The Tablet reported that Conor Burns,... Read More

Pope Francis Needs to Speak Clearly on LGBT Issues

Pope Francis has made his most specific and critical statement about families headed by same-gender couples... Read More

Madison Bishop Interprets Pope Francis' Welcome

In the media storm last month surrounding the one year anniversary of Pope Francis’ election,... Read More

Who Is Perpetuating Real Harm in the Marriage Equality Debate?

Commensurate with expanding LGBT rights is the increasingly harsh anti-gay rhetoric of Catholic leaders opposed... Read More

Why Has Pope Francis Been Silent on Anti-Gay Laws?

Pope Francis’ response, or, more accurately, his lack of response to the passage of anti-gay... Read More

Vice President Biden, Hobby Lobby, and a Religious Liberty Round-Up

This week Vice President Joe Biden called for a renewed legislative push to pass the... Read More

QUOTE TO NOTE: Italian Archbishop Calls on Church to Re-Think LGBT Approach

Archbishop Italo Castellani of Lucca, Italy, has called for the Church to re-think the negative... Read More

ONE YEAR LATER: Pope Francis' Revolution in Context

ONE YEAR LATER is an afternoon series focusing on the first year of Pope Francis’... Read More

German Bishop Calls for Sexual Ethics Overhaul, While U.S. Prelates Cling to Past

A German bishop has recently called for an overhaul of the Church’s sexual teachings in... Read More

NEWS NOTES: March 7, 2014

Here are some items you may find of interest: 1.  Oakland, California’s Bishop Michael Barber... Read More