By JAN MARTÍNEZ AHRENS
Raúl Vera is the Mexican bishop who holds the record for death threats. He has survived more than one attempt on his life, and his work in favor of missing persons, immigrants, children and juveniles, indigenous
Second priest defies Church of England to marry his same sex partner
Rev Andrew Cain puts wedding pictures on Facebook as first cleric to marry same sex partner stripped of permission to work as a priest
By Andrew Brown
A second priest has defied the Church of England’s official line to marry
Lawmakers ask S.F. archbishop not to attend anti-gay marriage rally
By Lee Romney
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone has made no secret of his stance on same-sex marriage.
As chair of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops subcommittee for the promotion and defense of marriage, he backed an
Students rally around tux-wearing teen left out of yearbook
By Jill Tucker and Henry K. Lee
Hundreds of students at a San Francisco Catholic school wore ties to class Friday to protest an administrative decision to keep the graduation photo of a female student wearing a tuxedo out of
MDS band director says he was fired for planning same-sex marriage
By OBY BROWN and PHILLIP RAMATI
Mount de Sales Academy students and parents met with the school president Thursday, seeking the reinstatement of the school’s gay band director, who was fired Wednesday.
Students are planning a protest outside the school
Catholic Principal Apologizes For Distributing Photo Of “Poor Role Model” Ellen Degeneres
By Matthew Tharrett
The principal of a Catholic elementary school in Newtown, Pennsylvania is apologizing to parents this week for using an image of Ellen Degeneres holding an Oscar on an invitation to a school dance.
In a formal email
Catholic Church forces woman to leave job after gay marriage is revealed
By MARY SANCHEZ
Colleen Simon insisted on performing her job this week out of devotion.
On Wednesday, she managed a delivery of 2,000 pounds of food for the pantry at St. Francis Xavier Church. It’s work she sees as fulfilling
Catholic teacher backs gay son, quits to protest contract
By Michael D. Clark
Veteran Catholic teacher Molly Shumate stared at the Cincinnati Archdiocese contract for next school year and thought of her son.
She remembered when a nervous Zachery Shumate, a teenager at the time, approached her and revealed
Cardinal: ‘Wrong’ for Gay Catholics to March During Pride
The archbishop of Toronto blasts Catholic-school teachers for plans to march in the WorldPride parade.
BY Michael O’Loughlin
An association representing Catholic-school teachers in Ontario plans to send a delegation to WorldPride 2014 Parade in Toronto this June, prompting
Heard Around the World: An Open Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury
Brilliant stuff, this…
Dear Most Reverend Sir,
I greet you in the loving name of our Courageous Lord and Reigning Savior, Jesus Christ. I hail from the Diocese of West Missouri of the Episcopal Church in