SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement urging Catholics to attend NOM’s anti-LGBT hate march this weekend. They write:
March for Marriage 2016
On June 25, 2016, the day before the
US Catholic church has spent millions fighting clergy sex abuse accountability
Lobbying funds have gone towards opposing bills that would extend statutes of limitations for child sex abuse cases or grant temporary windows to take action
The US Catholic church has poured millions of dollars over the past decade into opposing
Catholic Leaders Say Zika Doesn’t Change Ban on Contraception
As the Zika virus spreads in Latin America, Catholic leaders are warning women against using contraceptives or having abortions, even as health officials in some countries are advising women not to get pregnant because of the risk
Italian civil union bill finally reaches parliament
By Crispian Balmer
A bill to give legal recognition and protection to same-sex couples was presented to parliament on Wednesday, a significant milestone on Italy’s tortuous path to legalising civil unions.
Italy is the only major country in the West
Slovenian Catholic church backs referendum on repeal of gay marriage law
Archbishop of Ljubljana Stanislav Zore wants the people of Slovenia to vote on whether to repeal a law allowing gay people to legally marry because he thinks they will vote how the church wants them to
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
Archbishop apologises on behalf of Scottish Catholic Church for ‘criminal and sinful’ abuse
The Archbishop of Glasgow has spoken of the Scottish Catholic Church’s ‘pain and shame’ after release of McLellan Commission report
Archbishop Philip Tartaglia has offered a “profound” apology to victims of “criminal and sinful” abuse within the
Justice must be done for abuse survivors, says McLellan report
The McLellan Commission was created in 2014 to investigate how the Scottish Church handled abuse cases
Justice must be done – and
Bishop apologizes for anti-gay speech
The Bishop of Chur, Vitus Huonder, has apologized to gay people after citing controversial Bible passages in a speech he gave at a Catholic forum in Germany at the end of July.
The bishop, well known for his ultra-conservative views,