By MARY SANCHEZ
Colleen Simon insisted on performing her job this week out of devotion.
On Wednesday, she managed a delivery of 2,000 pounds of food for the pantry at St. Francis Xavier Church. It’s work she sees as fulfilling
Catholic teacher backs gay son, quits to protest contract
By Michael D. Clark
Veteran Catholic teacher Molly Shumate stared at the Cincinnati Archdiocese contract for next school year and thought of her son.
She remembered when a nervous Zachery Shumate, a teenager at the time, approached her and revealed
Vatican lifts sanctions on silenced Irish priest
As someone who was silenced by the Vatican, back in 1981, this is joyous news. The Vatican Spring come way too late for me, but better late than never. Hurray for you Sean!
by Patsy McGarry
Pope Francis is
Cardinal: ‘Wrong’ for Gay Catholics to March During Pride
The archbishop of Toronto blasts Catholic-school teachers for plans to march in the WorldPride parade.
BY Michael O’Loughlin
An association representing Catholic-school teachers in Ontario plans to send a delegation to WorldPride 2014 Parade in Toronto this June, prompting
First gay clergyman to wed plunges Church into crisis:
Archbishop under pressure to sack canon who flouted ban on same sex marriage
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Canon Jeremy Pemberton married Laurence Cunnington under new laws
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New laws allowing same-sex marriages pushed through by PM last month
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Now Canon Pemberton from Nottinghamshire faces disciplinary
Roman Catholic Church refuses survey request
The Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has turned down a request by members for the results of a sexual ethics survey to be made public.
The unprecedented worldwide poll was commissioned by Pope Francis.
Reformers said refusing
Heard Around the World: An Open Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury
Brilliant stuff, this…
Dear Most Reverend Sir,
I greet you in the loving name of our Courageous Lord and Reigning Savior, Jesus Christ. I hail from the Diocese of West Missouri of the Episcopal Church in
Case dropped in church prosecution of scholar; bishop vows “cessation of trials”
At a joint press conference today, United Methodist Bishop Martin McLee and Rev. Dr. Thomas W. Ogletree announced that the church was dropping the case against Dr. Ogletree for officiating at his son’s wedding. In a huge victory for the
Church brings 1st Amendment into Eastside Catholic lawsuit
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP
A gay vice principal who was forced out of his job at Eastside Catholic School filed a discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit against the school and church on Friday. Lawyers for the church and school planned
Former vice principal sues Eastside Catholic over dismissal
Zmuda, the vice principal who was forced to resign from Eastside Catholic School after marrying his partner in a same-sex wedding, is filing a discrimination lawsuit against the school and the Archdiocese of Seattle.
Zmuda’s attorney, Richard H. Friedman, said