The partner of the late Labour MP David Cairns has said anti-gay remarks by the new Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow have added to his “grief and pain”.
Dermot Kehoe spoke after it emerged Archbishop Philip Tartaglia appeared to link Mr
A church celebrates with women as priests
Several months ago, Kathy Schuck’s 15-year-old daughter posed a question that seemed innocuous but that became a call to action.
The gist of Ann Schuck’s question: Why did girls and women seem to be less important than men in their
Female bishop speaks up for views, talks about ‘Womenpriest Movement’
Bishop Patricia Fresen says she dreams of establishing a church in which people of all genders, races and sexual orientations are treated equally and allowed to assume positions of leadership.
Fresen, a leader of the Roman Catholic Womenpriest Movement, spoke
U.S. Episcopalians set to be first to bless gay marriage
On Monday bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States – the 14th largest denomination in the country, with almost 2 million members – “overwhelmingly” approved a rite for blessing gay marriages, making it the first big U.S. church
Melinda Gates: ‘I’m a Catholic, but women need access to contraceptives’
… Continue readingMelinda Gates talks to Joanna Moorhead about reconciling her Catholic faith with her work promoting family planning. Gates is in London to discuss promoting contraception in the developing world with UK government representatives. The Gates Foundation hopes to encourage donor
Episcopal Church Approves Ordaining Transgender People
The Episcopal Church on Monday overwhelmingly voted to allow the ordination of transgender people.
At its triennial General Convention in Indianapolis, the church House of Deputies approved a change to the “nondiscrimination canons” to include “gender identity and expression.” The
Argentine Bishop Bargallo quits over ‘amorous ties’ row
The Pope has accepted the resignation of an Argentine bishop after the publication of pictures showing him embracing a woman on a Mexican beach.
Bishop Fernando Bargallo, 57, was photographed in the sea, hugging a woman in a bikini.
He
Woman Says ‘Exorcist’ Priest Abused Her
A Roman Catholic priest “kissed (a woman) on all parts of her body” during a so-called “exorcism” session, and “frequently explained full, passionate kisses as ‘blowing the Holy Spirit into’ her,” the woman claims in court.
Jane Doe sued the
Catholic bishop faces Vatican’s wrath after he’s busted cavorting with a scantily-clad beauty on the beach
Argentine Bishop Fernando María Bargallo red-faced after footage emerges
Initially denied he was in video, but later admitted he played starring role
Now under investigation by the Vatican and could be de-frocked
A Catholic bishop busted cavorting on a beach
Exit, Don’t Enable the Roman Catholic Church
By Wayne Besen
If there is one thing that irks me, it is having the Roman Catholic Church preach to me about sexual morality. It is a religious sect led by a virulently homophobic Pope that goes out of its