Scholars say church laws do allow for some flexibility on final sacraments for assisted death
By Geordon Omand
A proper funeral is far more than an end-of-life celebration for practising Catholics, who believe last rites cleanse the soul of sin
Struggle of compassion versus doctrine for Catholics who choose assisted death
by Geordon Omand
VANCOUVER – A proper funeral is far more than an end-of-life celebration for practising Catholics, who believe last rites cleanse the soul of sin in preparation for eternal life in heaven.
But for the faithful questioning
God’s Diary is Embarrassing
San Diego priest charged with sexual assault of Minnesota woman during private mass
A Catholic priest from San Diego has been charged with criminal sexual conduct for an incident during a private mass for the victim in her parents’ Mendota Heights, Minnesota home back in 2010. Jacob Bertrand, 33, was charged by summons
Inside the secret gay movement at one of America’s most homophobic colleges
born-again this way
Five people are watching TV on a laptop on a tepid winter Thursday night in a cozy red house, in an unremarkable suburb 30 miles west of Chicago. This scene would be totally banal
Irish American Cardinal Raymond Burke blames women for church’s problems
File under: What A Twit!
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The crisis in Catholicism apparently has one source: women. According to Cardinal Raymond Burke, since the 1960’s women have “feminized” the church and discouraged “manly” men from participating in clerical life.
Club Fight: Tenn. Residents Complain About High School’s Gay-Straight Alliance
By Rob Boston
At public schools around the country, students, mostly high schoolers, are forming Gay-Straight Alliance clubs. Fundamentalist Christians often freak out over the existence of these clubs, like these people are doing in Winchester, Tenn.
Whenever this happens,
Irish priest punished by Florida bishop for informing on pedophile colleague
By Cathy Hayes
A priest, originally from County Tyrone and now
Italy MPs want couples who use surrogate mums jailed
Italy’s upcoming parliamentary battle over gay civil unions has opened with a group of senators proposing prison terms for couples who use overseas surrogate mothers to have a child.
In a move branded “indecent” by Italy’s biggest gay rights group,
Church child abuse scandals ‘tip of iceberg’ say real-life stars of Oscar-tipped film
By Fiachra Gibbons
The child abuse scandals plaguing the Catholic Church are only the tip of the iceberg, the journalists who exposed one of the hierarchy’s biggest cover-ups said Wednesday. Walter Robinson and Mike Rezendes, who won the Pulitzer Prize