Catholic Summer Camp in Italy Closes After Firing Gay Teacher; And More News
Today’s post includes news about a controversy at an Italian summer camp, new comments by former Irish president Mary McAleese, and more.
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Today’s post includes news about a controversy at an Italian summer camp, new comments by former Irish president Mary McAleese, and more.
Ireland’s former president, Mary McAleese, recently issued a round condemnation of the anti-gay Catholic organization, Courage International. McAleese called the group, which believes all LGBTQ identities stem from psychological disorders, “Machiavellian, dangerous, and deliberately specious.”
A lesbian Catholic from Uganda will be featured at a Catholic event marking International Women’s Day this March, as will LGBT advocate Mary McAleese.
During the Synod assembly this month, much of the focus is on what is happening in the hall where participants meet or what is said during the daily press briefings. There have been, however, a number of external happenings in Rome, too. Today’s post covers some of the LGBTQ-related events.
Today’s post includes stories about the Irish church’s new sex education program, one Jesuit’s review of “The Power of the Dog,” and more.
The former president of Ireland has said that churches in that country, including the Catholic one, are “conduits for homophobia.”
As Bondings 2.0 reported yesterday, more than 250 theologians, church leaders, writers, and scholars have endorsed a statement calling for Catholics to support LGBTQ non-discrimination protections.