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
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
Melbourne Priest Greg Reynolds Defrocked And Excommunicated By The Vatican
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
Eleven Reasons Why I’m Leaving The Catholic Church
By Joseph Amodeo recently organized a vigil in front of New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral, which led to the police threatening the arrest of anyone associated with the action. In this exclusive op-ed, Amodeo explains why he has
Wounds of This Generation Can Harm Children
Jesus, what a headline grabbin’ fool!
Bishop Harry Jackson claims that same-sex marriage will lead to “terrible suffering” for children, who will inevitably “turn to lives of crime and violence.” Say, bishop, what caused all the crime and violence before
Scalia’s Son Says Homosexuality Doesn’t Exist, Plans to Address Group that Encourages Lifelong Abstinence for Gays
File under: The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Two men with big fat homo issues. Poor dears!
By Brian Tashman
Courage, a Roman Catholic group that encourages gays and lesbians to live lifetimes of abstinence, is planning
Cardinal O’Malley bars talk by priest over views
File under: We Don’t need no stinkin’ discussion on the topics.
by Lisa Wangsness
Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley is banning an Austrian priest from speaking at a Catholic parish in Dedham because the priest advocates ordaining women and making
Columnist and Activist Both Criticize Cardinal George on LGBT Issues
File under: Francis, The Killer Fruit
By Francis DeBernardo
Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George has been in the news lately not only for his vocal opposition to Illinois’ marriage equality bill, but because he recently denied communion to a gay
Archbishop: “May a lesbian marry a gay man? My answer is ‘yes’”
File under: Marriage Equality Catholic style
A cleric says gay people can totally marry — as long as they marry someone of the opposite sex
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
If there’s one thing the Catholic Church is good at,