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Saints Are Making a Comeback. It Is Time to Canonize Fr. Mychal Judge, Argues Writer

August 21, 2024/3 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Sarah Cassidy

Every year, Antonio Pagliarulo makes a pilgrimage to Manhattan's Church of St. Francis of Assisi for its shrine to Fr. Mychal Judge, OFM, a gay Catholic friar who died helping first responders on September 11, 2001—and someone Pagliarulo wants canonized. Read More

The Canon of Queer Catholic Saints Requires Some Invention, Writes Theologian

January 18, 2023/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Grace Doerfler

In a recent National Catholic Reporter essay, Flora X. Tang, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, shared a beautiful reflection on what she describes as the “unofficial canon of queer Catholic saints.” Read More

Contemporary Social Issues Impact Sainthood Causes, Including Fr. Mychal Judge

October 29, 2022/1 Comment/in LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A recent article in U.S. Catholic examined how sainthood—and the causes for canonization specifically—are impacted by contemporary issues, citing Fr. Mychal Judge's causes as one example. Read More

In Wake of McCarrick, Catholic Recalls John Paul II’s “Heartless Legacy” on LGBTQ People

November 25, 2020/5 Comments/in Hierarchy, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The Vatican's report on ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick's pattern of abuse and the clerical culture that allowed it has renewed discussion on the legacy of Pope John Paul II and, more specifically, on his canonization as a saint. One Catholic has raised LGBTQ-related concerns, too, among the others. Read More

Catholic Historian Pushes for Canonization of Fr. Mychal Judge as a Saint for Our Times

July 16, 2020/2 Comments/in LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Uncategorized /by Madeline Foley

With the causes of Fr. Michael McGivney and Bishop Fulton Sheen before us, historian Kathleen Sprows Cummings believes that there is another candidate who, if canonized, would hold more relevance for our present situation: Fr. Mychal Judge. Read More

St. John Henry Newman: The First Openly Gay Catholic Saint?

October 13, 2019/7 Comments/in LGBTQ Clergy & Religious /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Is John Henry Newman the Catholic Church's first openly gay saint? The answer to that question depends on your definition of "openly," "gay," and "first." Read More

Will Sexual Orientation Derail Canonization for Fr. Mychal Judge?

November 3, 2017/5 Comments/in Hierarchy, New Ways Ministry /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

As regular readers of Bondings 2.0 may be aware, New Ways Ministry has launched a campaign to find people who knew Fr. Mychal Judge, OFM, the New York City Fire Department Chaplain who died in the World Trade Center Attacks on 9/11. The purpose is finding such people is to assist a Vatican researcher who is exploring the canonization of this Franciscan priest who ministered to many marginalized communities, including LGBT Catholics. This campaign hit a little bump in the road last month . . . . Read More

Saints Are Making a Comeback. It Is Time to Canonize Fr. Mychal Judge, Argues Writer

The Canon of Queer Catholic Saints Requires Some Invention, Writes Theologian

Contemporary Social Issues Impact Sainthood Causes, Including Fr. Mychal Judge

In Wake of McCarrick, Catholic Recalls John Paul II’s “Heartless Legacy” on LGBTQ People

Catholic Historian Pushes for Canonization of Fr. Mychal Judge as a Saint for Our Times

St. John Henry Newman: The First Openly Gay Catholic Saint?

Will Sexual Orientation Derail Canonization for Fr. Mychal Judge?

It’s Time to Canonize Fr. Mychal Judge: Seeking Personal Testimony

Papal Canonizations, Part 3: More Questions than Answers

Papal Canonizations, Part 2: Pope John Paul II's Record on LGBT Issues

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