File under: Sour Grapes. Really, Bishop? It’s God who looks unfavorably upon marriage equality? Really? Remember when pious Catholics were warned not to attend marriages between a man and a woman but were held in non-Catholic settings? Was God pissed
Rhode Island Is Final New England State to Approve Gay Marriage
By Annie Linskey
On the subject of same-sex marriage, New England is now united.
Rhode Island became the 10th U.S. state and final one in the region to legalize gay weddings today, after its House of Representatives approved a bill
Newark Archbishop John Myers must go: Editorial
For background story see HERE!
By Star-Ledger Editorial Board
After all the Catholic Church has been through, it is beyond infuriating that Newark Archbishop John J. Myers can be so neglectful of his duty to protect children from sexual
Women Catholic deacons ‘no longer taboo’
Germany’s top Roman Catholic has called for women to be allowed to become deacons, which would enable them to perform baptisms and marriages outside of mass – a novelty for Catholic women.
Archbishop of Freiburg Robert Zollitsch, who chairs the
O’Brien scandal: Vatican calls halt to new bishops
The Vatican has called a halt to the appointment of any more Scottish bishops until a full investigation into the Cardinal Keith O’Brien scandal is completed by Rome.
By Gerry Braiden
In the first known move in relation to the
Kentucky woman ordained as priest in defiance of Catholic church
By Peter Smith
In defiance of Roman Catholic authority and doctrine, the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests ordained its first Louisville-area priest on Saturday.
Rosemarie Smead of Bedford, Ky., a retired Indiana University Southeast counselor-education professor, was ordained during
Anti-Gay Pastor Leading 2013 National Day of Prayer
Pastor Greg Laurie says America is experiencing a “total moral meltdown”
Washington – The Honorary Chairman of next week’s National Day of Prayer has a history of speaking out against LGBT Americans. Pastor Greg Laurie is the senior pastor of
In bizarre move, bishop who ousted gay catholic from parish rejects 18,000 signatures, sends them back
File under: insulated, monolithic, callous, tone deaf church power structure
by Ross Murray
On April 11, Nicholas Coppola delivered over 18,000 signatures gathered through Faithful America to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, asking that Nicholas be once again
Same-sex marriage: France changes law
The French parliament has approved a bill legalising same-sex marriage and adoption, following a divisive public debate.
France becomes the 14th country to pass a law allowing gay marriage, and follows New Zealand last week.
Opponents of the move have
Pope’s strongman blasts old guard aside
The pontiff is to give more women top jobs and break the grip of Italian cardinals, his key aide tells John Follain in Vatican City
By John Follain
POPE FRANCIS plans to appoint lay women to top jobs in the