by AMY SMITH
IT’S no surprise that Father Bernàrd Lynch’s life fills not one but three Channel 4 documentaries. Nicknamed by newspapers “The Aids Priest”, Bernàrd, 67, spent almost four decades ministering to people with HIV and Aids in America
Ireland is worse than the pagans for legalising gay marriage, says senior cardinal
File under: It’s all about the fancy dress
By Katherine Backler, Liz Dodd
Ireland has gone further than paganism and “defied God” by legalising gay marriage, one of the Church’s most senior cardinals has said.
Cardinal Raymond Burke, who
Priest removed from Seton Hall breaks his silence, comes out publicly as gay
By Cyd Zeigler
Warren Hall was removed from his post at Seton Hall after he posted a Facebook message supporting the anti-bullying message
Catholic priest says he was fired from New Jersey college’s ministry over support of pro-gay marriage No H8 Campaign
he former director of New Jersey school Seton Hall University’s campus ministry lost his job because he agreed on social media with a gay marriage equality group, Rev. Warren Hall said Friday on Twitter.
The tweet, which
Oakland man marks church protest anniversary, with protest
By Ann Rubin
Today marks his anniversary. Every Sunday for the last five years, Tim Stier has stood in front of Oakland’s cathedral, in protest.
“I was a priest for 25 years, and I would much rather be in church,”
Confessions of a Gay Jesuit: How I Was Forced To Leave My Church—And Calling
Ben Brenkert wanted to be a priest, but confronted by the hypocrisy and prejudice of the Catholic Church he had to quit. Here, in a powerful, heartfelt essay, he explains why.
Today, at 35, I am a
Dublin priest says he is gay during Mass – receives standing ovation
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A Dublin priest received a standing ovation from his congregation this week as he called for same sex marriage equality in Ireland and came out to his parishioners.
Father Martin Dolan, who has been a priest at
Archdiocese hires criminal defense attorney in Nienstedt investigation
By Jean Hopfensperger
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has hired a prominent criminal defense attorney to continue its investigation into possible sexual misconduct by Archbishop John Nienstedt.
Attorney Peter Wold has been retained to continue the investigation completed
First gay clergyman to wed plunges Church into crisis:
Archbishop under pressure to sack canon who flouted ban on same sex marriage
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Canon Jeremy Pemberton married Laurence Cunnington under new laws
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New laws allowing same-sex marriages pushed through by PM last month
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Now Canon Pemberton from Nottinghamshire faces disciplinary
‘Comfortable being gay’: a priest speaks
An Irish priest who has come out to many friends and colleagues says that he is ‘happy in his life’ and that the Catholic Church’s teaching on sexuality needs to change
by Patsy McGarry
He asks to be described as