The folk mass hymns and gospels were familiar, the response “And with your spirit” recited Sundays in church by millions of Catholics, but the 120 faithful gathered outside Seattle’s St. James Cathedral on Sunday afternoon were praying for a cause
Grand Forks woman to demonstrate against bishop’s election message
Kate Kenna, a lifelong Catholic, career social worker and political progressive in Grand Forks, has mounted a reaction to news of a North Dakota bishop’s call to the faithful concerning voting.
Redefining Marriage
Jerome Christenson: The church has sided with the bigots
By Jerome Christenson
Jesus didn’t come to found a Super PAC. So how do I explain the role of the Roman Catholic Church in this election?
How is it that we find an organization that styles itself “the Bride of
The Church hates the gays more than it loves its own.
File under the category: The Church hates the gays more than it loves its own. Churches are closing, schools are closing, food banks are underfunded, and shelters for homeless people are shuttered. More and more people are living on the
Bishop vs. Bishop: Lutheran calls out Catholic over marriage
The retired presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Rt. Rev. Herbert Chilstrom, has delivered a stinging, public critique of his former Roman Catholic counterpart in Minnesota for aggressively campaigning for an anti-same sex marriage amendment on
Catholic Church errs in fighting same-sex marriage
There’s a delicious rebellion brewing in Washington state — the “other Washington,” as those of us based in D.C. like to say.

A group of 63 former Roman Catholic priests, with a total of 800 years service, supports Referendum 74,
LA priest on leave for advocating gay marriage
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles has placed Father Joseph Palacios on leave from ministry because of his promotion of same-sex “marriage.”
Tod Tamberg, director of media relations for the Los Angeles archdiocese, confirmed to CNA Sept. 20 that




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