“People who say homosexuals are sick are sick themselves”
By JAN MARTÍNEZ AHRENS
Raúl Vera is the Mexican bishop who holds the record for death threats. He has survived more than one attempt on his life, and his work in favor of missing persons, immigrants, children and juveniles, indigenous
Church of England General Synod backs women bishops
The Church of England has voted to allow women to become bishops for first time in its history.
Its ruling General Synod gave approval to legislation introducing the change by the required two-thirds majority.
A previous vote in 2012
Second priest defies Church of England to marry his same sex partner
Rev Andrew Cain puts wedding pictures on Facebook as first cleric to marry same sex partner stripped of permission to work as a priest
By Andrew Brown
A second priest has defied the Church of England’s official line to marry
One Of Brazil’s Top Bishops Endorses Civil Unions For Same-Sex Couples
“They need legal support from society.”
By J. Lester Feder
The secretary general of the National Confederation of Brazilian Bishops endorsed civil unions for same-sex couples in an interview published this week in the magazine O Globo.
“There needs
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
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
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