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A Dublin priest received a standing ovation from his congregation this week as he called for same sex marriage equality in Ireland and came out to his parishioners.
Father Martin Dolan, who has been a priest at
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
Catholic rebel Kueng, 85, considers assisted suicide
By Tom Heneghan
Hans Kueng, Roman Catholicism’s best known rebel theologian, is considering capping a life of challenges to the Vatican with a final act of dissent – assisted suicide.
Kueng, now 85 and suffering from Parkinson’s disease, writes in
In wide-ranging interview, Pope Francis sets vision for papacy
File under: Will wonders never cease…
By Elizabeth Tenety
In an extensive interview with Jesuit publications released Thursday, Pope Francis set the framework for his papacy, calling for reform of both the attitude and the structure of the church,
Tutu: I’d prefer hell over homophobic heaven
File under: The Real (and only) Christian Response
South African social rights activist Desmond Tutu says he would rather go to hell than worship a homophobic God.
The 81-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate told the launch of a
Evangelizing the institutional church: an interview with Helmut Schüller
By Jamie Manson
Much has been written about Austrian priest and reformer Helmut Schüller since he opened his 15-city U.S. tour, called “The Catholic Tipping Point,” in New York last week.
Schüller has been making news in the Roman Catholic
St. Andrew’s Catholic Parish will carry banner in Portland’s Pride Parade
File under: When the people lead the leaders will have to follow.
By Nancy Haught
Parishioners from St. Andrew Catholic Church, which has a longstanding commitment to social justice issues, will march in Sunday’s Portland Pride Parade with a banner
Elderly nun convicted over US nuclear site break-in
An elderly Catholic nun and two peace activists have been convicted for damage they caused while breaking into a US nuclear defence site.
Sister Megan Rice, 83, Michael Walli, 64, and Greg Boertje-Obed, 56, admitted cutting fences and entering the
Catholic church excommunicates Brazil priest for liberal views
File under: Insulated, monolithic, callous, tone deaf church power structure
By Paulo Prada
The Catholic Church has excommunicated a Brazilian priest after he defended homosexuality, open marriage and other practices counter to Church teaching in online videos.
In a statement
Nurse destroys archbishop’s gay marriage stance with a stroke of her pen
A 65-year-old former nurse has told the leader of England’s Catholics to ditch the robes, the Latin and activism against gays and start helping the needy
A 65-year-old former nurse has delivered a withering telling off to the Archbishop of