If you just looked out the window to see if pigs are soaring across the clouds, you’re not alone. The North American Old Catholic Church, a congregation that combines Catholic teachings with progressive values, is set to ordain a transgender
Bourgeois receives official Vatican letter dismissing him from priesthood
By Joshua J. McElwee
Roy Bourgeois, the longtime peace activist and Catholic priest dismissed by the Vatican because of his support for women’s ordination, has received the official letter notifying him of the move three months after it was made.
NZ advertising authority dismisses complaints against Pope gay marriage ad
New Zealand Advertising Standards Authority rules billboard advert depicting the Pope blessing a male couple did not cause widespread offense
By Anna Leach
New Zealand electricity company Powershop’s advert depicting the Pope blessing a gay wedding
New Zealand’s Advertising Standards
Pope Brings English Church to Heel
By Richard Palmer
It’s hard to think of a more complete victory in the Vatican’s long-running battle with the English Catholic Church. To fully understand the magnitude of this victory, please bear with me while we go over some history
Tied up at the moment
File Under “Whoops!” I wonder if police also checked his rectum for any, um…foreign objects he might’ve “tripped and fallen” on?
By Bruce Rushton
The pastor of St. Aloysius church on Springfield’s north end has been granted a leave … Continue reading
Illinois Bishop Who Put “Handcuffs & Ball-Gag Priest” On Leave Testified Against Same-Sex Marriage Yesterday
File under “Bad Timing!” Personal note to Bishop Tom; you ain’t never gonna get your red hat this way, darlin’!
Yesterday Diocese of Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki testified against same-sex marriage before the Illinois state Senate. His testimony came just
Archbishop Vincent Nichols stops Soho gay Catholic Mass
Special Masses for gay Catholics at a London church are to be scrapped, the Archbishop of Westminster has said.
Archbishop Vincent Nichols said Masses at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Warwick Street, Soho, would end.
He said
Church Official in Philadelphia Gets Prison in Abuse Case
By JON HURDLE and ERIK ECKHOLM
Msgr. William J. Lynn, the first Roman Catholic Church official in the United States to be convicted of covering up sexual abuses by priests under his supervision, was sentenced Tuesday to three to six
Gay marriage vs. natural law
Ya can’t help but feel a little sorry for old Francis. He’s been without for so long, he’s forgotten some of the fundamentals of the old in and out. Besides, what about all those heterosexual couples who are married, but
Lawyer who foretold church scandals writes his story
By Angus MacSwan
Ray Mouton was a successful young lawyer in Lafayette, Louisiana, respected in the community and blessed with a loving family, when he received a call from a vicar in the Roman Catholic diocese for a lunch meeting