By Inés San Martín
Formally speaking, the second edition of the Synod of Bishops on the family is just starting up today. Judging by the flurry of activity in Rome, however, with activists and advocacy groups of every stripe pushing
Vatican sacks priest after he comes out as gay
The Vatican dismissed a priest from his post in a Holy See office on Saturday after he told a newspaper he was gay and urged the Catholic Church to change its stance on homosexuality.
Monsignor Krzystof Charamsa
Gay Catholics’ message to Pope Francis ahead of US visit
“If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?”
Gay and celibate, Ron Belgau is the official face of gay Catholicism for Pope Francis’ visit
File under: It Boggles The Mind
By David Gibson
Catholic bishop in ‘death to gays’ storm
Vitus Huonder, the controversial Catholic bishop of Chur in eastern Switzerland, has once again attracted criticism for quoting homophobic Bible passages and denouncing non-traditional family models.
At the “Joy in Faith” forum in the German city of Fulda, he quoted
United Methodist LGBT advocates tape pledge to doors after ousting of gay minister
By Emily Lawler
United Methodist pastors from different parts of the state
What is it about some Catholics…
What is it about some Catholics and their persecution complex?
Gay Marriage Opponents Act Like an Oppressed Minority in Catholic Group’s Ad Message is even styled as a coming-out announcement
About halfway through this two-and-a-half-minute film from
More smoke and mirrors from the Vatican on child sexual abuse
By Kieran Tapsell
Ireland is worse than the pagans for legalising gay marriage, says senior cardinal
File under: It’s all about the fancy dress
By Katherine Backler, Liz Dodd
Ireland has gone further than paganism and “defied God” by legalising gay marriage, one of the Church’s most senior cardinals has said.
Cardinal Raymond Burke, who
Catholic priest says he was fired from New Jersey college’s ministry over support of pro-gay marriage No H8 Campaign
he former director of New Jersey school Seton Hall University’s campus ministry lost his job because he agreed on social media with a gay marriage equality group, Rev. Warren Hall said Friday on Twitter.
The tweet, which