Italy’s Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday fired a priest who said he could “understand” how pedophilia by clergy could occur because some children yearned for affection.
The diocese of Trento, in northern Italy, said Father Gino Flaim,
Synod should reflect on possibly allowing female deacons, says archbishop
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) —
Ferment on gay rights well underway before synod even opens
By Inés San Martín
Formally speaking, the second edition of the Synod of Bishops on the family is just starting up today. Judging by the flurry of activity in Rome, however, with activists and advocacy groups of every stripe pushing
‘Let The Little Homo Sue’: City Commissioner Slams Gay High School Student Suspended Over Dance Date
UPDATE…first posted HERE and HERE!
The high school student suspended after wanting to bring a same-sex date to his high school’s dance has a new critic: an elected official.
A Giant mistake: Priest arrested over claims he pointed musket at 8-year-old boy because of football rivalry
File Under: WT actual F?
BY Laurie Hanna
A New Jersey priest has been arrested over claims he pointed a musket at an 8-year-old boy because of a football rivalry.
Father Kevin Carter allegedly threatened the child because he was
Vatican sacks priest after he comes out as gay
The Vatican dismissed a priest from his post in a Holy See office on Saturday after he told a newspaper he was gay and urged the Catholic Church to change its stance on homosexuality.
Monsignor Krzystof Charamsa
Before Pope Francis Met Kim Davis, He Met With Gay Ex-Student
Ever since it became public that Pope Francis met in Washington with Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples, the questions have been swirling: Why
Pope Francis’s meeting with Kim Davis should come as no surprise
The pope’s enormous influence has undermined LGBT people all over the world, as evidenced by his thinly veiled anti-equality statements in the US
Pope Francis’s no-longer-secret meeting in Washington DC with anti-gay activist Kim Davis, the controversial Kentucky county
Pope Francis’s meeting with Kim Davis disappointed the liberals he courted
By
For a man who has made it a point to be humble in his faith and to take politicians in the United States to task, meeting Davis was a profound error
Pope Francis will never be
LGBT Catholics Alarmed With Pope’s Remarks About “Unjust Discrimination”
Pope Francis made the comments on Wednesday in the context of marriage, family, and religious liberty. LGBT Catholics said they believe the term “unjust discrimination” channels a specific history of antipathy toward gays and lesbians in the church.
By Dominic