A Call for a Mass for LGBT People at the Vatican
Today’s post is from guest blogger Benjamin Brenkert, a contributor to The Daily Beast. Brenkert will... Read More
Catholics React Swiftly and Strongly to Archbishop’s Restrictive Guidelines
/24 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing EditorPastoral guidelines excluding LGBT people from church ministries and encouraging same-gender couples and others to refrain... Read More
Massachusetts Bishops Offer Temperate Response to New Transgender Law
/6 Comments/in Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing EditorCatholic bishops in Massachusetts have offered a tempered, though not perfect, response to newly passed anti-discrimination... Read More
San Diego’s Bishop McElroy Backs LGBT Affirming Words with Action
/8 Comments/in Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing EditorAn African proverb says the following, “When you pray, move your feet.” It captures well... Read More
Apologies Are Good, Actions are Better
/4 Comments/in Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, EditorIn an essay for Crux, Passionist Father Edward Beck expressed the sentiment that many LGBT Catholics... Read More
Cardinal Schönborn: “Amoris Laetitia” Evolves Catholic Doctrine on Family Life
/6 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing EditorA top cardinal who was closely connected to Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family, Amoris... Read More
Archbishop Chaput’s Pastoral Restrictions Are a Losing Strategy
/21 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Francis DeBernardo, EditorThe following is a statement of Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry’s Executive Director, released on... Read More
New Guidelines Ban LGBT People from Parish Ministries
/13 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing EditorIn new guidelines, Philadelphia’s archbishop has banned people in same-gender relationships from pastoral or liturgical... Read More
Vatican Accepts Resignation of Dominican Cardinal Infamous for Anti-Gay Remarks
/9 Comments/in Hierarchy, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing EditorThe Vatican has accepted the resignation of a cardinal in the Dominican Republic whose anti-gay record has... Read More
Is There an Alternative to the Rigid Orthodoxies of the Religious Liberty Debate?
/12 Comments/in Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, EditorThe United States of America celebrates its Independence Day today, so it seems an appropriate... Read More
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