By Shelby Sebens
Episcopalians vote to let gay couples wed in churches

The U.S. Episcopal Church voted
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
Florida Legislature Once Published Anti-Gay Pamphlet Full of Softcore Porn

June is officially LGBT Pride Month in America, but Miami-Dade’s only local celebration — Miami Beach’s gay pride party — is held in April. So instead of showing you footage of parades or slide shows of revelers,
Northern Ireland gay marriage ban faces judicial review
First couples in UK to enter civil partnerships delighted with result of legal battle, saying religious views should not affect public policy
The first two couples to become civil partners in the UK have won the right
Gay Catholics Will Be Silenced During Pope Francis’ Philadelphia Visit: Archbishop
By Philip Pullella
Homosexuals can attend a Catholic family congress in Philadelphia during Pope Francis’ U.S. visit this year but won’t be allowed to use it to attack Church teachings, the city’s archbishop said on Thursday.

“We don’t want to
Report: Former Twin Cities archbishop John Nienstedt tried to limit investigation
The former archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, John Nienstedt, interfered with an investigation by an outside law firm into allegations of his misconduct, Minnesota Public Radio reported Friday.
While Nienstedt authorized the investigation in the hope of
More smoke and mirrors from the Vatican on child sexual abuse
By Kieran Tapsell
Children of celibacy: What happens when priests’ vows are too hard to keep
Priests sometimes father children, but everyone involved can be trapped in a web of secrecy.
By Mark Woods

Roman Catholic priests take vows of lifelong celibacy. Probably the majority see it as a gift and a calling, and are content
Vatican orders former archbishop Jozef Wesolowski to stand trial for sex abuse
A Vatican prosecutor on Monday ordered the trial of a former Roman Catholic archbishop accused of paying for sex with children while he was a papal ambassador in the Dominican Republic and of possessing child pornographic material.

Jozef Wesolowski, a
