— An institution with ingrained misogyny
Papal plámás is no substitute for an end to discrimination against women
By Soline Humbert
The Catholic Church is bedevilled by … Continue reading
Women are a problem for the Catholic Church
Vatican condemns radio station over anti-gay comments on quake
File under: Me thinks she doth protest too much.
The Vatican has condemned a right-wing Catholic radio station after a broadcast said the recent earthquakes in Italy were “God’s punishment” for gay civil unions.
The remarks, made on the
Pope’s words create confusion for Catholics on same-sex relationships
By MICHELLE R. SMITH
An ideological tug of war over the firing of a Rhode Island church music director for marrying his same-sex partner illustrates the confusion that permeates some U.S. Roman Catholic parishes over Pope Francis’s words on homosexuality.
Inside the secret gay movement at one of America’s most homophobic colleges
born-again this way
Five people are watching TV on a laptop on a tepid winter Thursday night in a cozy red house, in an unremarkable suburb 30 miles west of Chicago. This scene would be totally banal
Irish American Cardinal Raymond Burke blames women for church’s problems
File under: What A Twit!
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The crisis in Catholicism apparently has one source: women. According to Cardinal Raymond Burke, since the 1960’s women have “feminized” the church and discouraged “manly” men from participating in clerical life.
Italy MPs want couples who use surrogate mums jailed
Italy’s upcoming parliamentary battle over gay civil unions has opened with a group of senators proposing prison terms for couples who use overseas surrogate mothers to have a child.
In a move branded “indecent” by Italy’s biggest gay rights group,
The Selective Outrage of the Anglican Church
For the worldwide Anglican Communion, the world’s largest Protestant denomination, sexuality has become a line in the sand.
The Episcopal Church, Anglicanism’s American branch, was suspended on Thursday for three years for its willingness to consecrate same-sex
The Man Who Buried Them Remembers
By Mark S. King
When he conducted the funerals, Tom Bonderenko tells me, he always wore his priestly garments and white stole. Even when no one showed up for the graveside service.
“It was important to show dignity and respect,”
A ‘gay lobby’ at the Vatican? One cardinal says it’s real, and Pope Francis is responding
The influential Cardinal Oscar Maradiaga has acknowledged the presence of a “gay lobby” in the Vatican. In a new interview, he says that Pope Francis has adopted a gradual approach to address it – and that Catholic teaching won’t change.
Episcopal leader: Church will not reverse gay marriage stand
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said Friday the U.S. Episcopal Church will not roll back its acceptance of gay marriage despite sanctions imposed this week by Anglican leaders.
In a phone interview from England, where he attended