Showing posts with label Archbishop Viganò. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Archbishop Viganò. Show all posts
Saturday, October 31, 2020

Nation with Soul of a Church on Eve of Historic Election: Weaponized Bibles Brandished with Guns as Nuns Choose to Be Photo Props for Trump

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Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone, " God and the GOP: Will evangelicals stay loyal to Trump? "  Charles Pierce writes ,  Just i...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Remember the Discussion Here About Dangers of Singing Together in Churches During Pandemic? See the Update Below

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After choir practice in Skagit County, #Washington , 52 members became ill with #COVID19 symptoms. COVID-19 spreads easily between people...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

More on Frédéric Martel's In the Closet of the Vatican: The Dark Heart of Martel's Story — Corruption of Pretend Heterosexuality Coupled with Abominable Treatment of Queer People

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I have now made my way about halfway through Frédéric Martel's In the Closet of the Vatican , trans. Shaun Whiteside (London: Blo...
Monday, January 14, 2019

This Has Happened: What to Make of Recent Chain of Events from Opus Dei-McCloskey to Cardinal Burke to Peter Steinfels to Archbishop Viganò?

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So this has happened: 1. Jan. 7: Washington Post breaks Opus Dei-McCloskey story. 2. Jan. 8: Cardinal Burke mounts an attack on Pope F...
Monday, December 10, 2018

Abuse of Vulnerable People and Churches: Recent Reports, from Baptists to Nuns Raped by Bishops and Priests to Jesuits to a German Princess Saving the Church

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This is a collection of reports on the abuse situation as it is unfolding in various churches now. These are all recent statements, and...
Saturday, October 20, 2018

Viganò Attacks Again: Even More Obsessively Focused on Homosexuality, as U.S. Catholic Church Continues Branding Itself as Homophobic Hate Machine

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Pope accuser strikes back, blames "scourge of homosexuality" for abuse https://t.co/OSsgulPcOT This — this hateful crusade aga...
Sunday, October 7, 2018

Mark Shea on What Viganò, Burke, and Bannon's Anti-Francis Gay-Bashing Is About: "This is About the Rich Seizing Control of the Church, not About the Protection of Victims"

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Kavanaugh Has Exposed the Savage Amorality of America's Ruling Class https://t.co/PgdtZykKrw — Mary Aktay (@maryaktay) October 6, 201...
Friday, September 28, 2018

Just Me, Mouthing Off About Crux and America and Large Investment of U.S. Catholic Intellectual Elites in Upholding Heterosexual Male Entitlement

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I'm just an old poofter and what I have to say doesn't matter to anyone at all, but Jesum Pete: 
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Kavanaugh Hearing and Catholic Abuse: Overlapping Narratives — Same Catholics Who Support Viganò's Allegations Dismiss Kavanaugh's Accusers

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Today I'm thinking of how many students, over the course of my teaching career, have recoiled, outraged at the thought that a woman...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Crux on Cardinal McCarrick's "Sexually Deviant Behavior": U.S. Catholic Church Continues to Be Unsafe for LGBTQ People

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I went to bed last night more than a little troubled by something Crux  reporter Christopher White states in his report on a presentatio...
Monday, September 24, 2018

Father Kalchik and the Rainbow Flag Burning: When Evil Work Is Dressed Up in Holy Clothes

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I spent a good bit of time this weekend reading hither and yon about the rainbow flag-burning priest in Chicago, Father Paul Kalchik,...
Monday, September 17, 2018

Once Again: Catholic Journalists Pushing Back Vs. Viganò's False Claims Are Not Pushing Back Vs. His Homophobia — See Austen Ivereigh's Recent Tweet re: Mary Hunt

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In my last posting , I shared a Twitter conversation I had several days ago with Catholic Democrats. It was about his claim that ther...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Joelle Casteix's Clear, Informed Response to Viganò Crowd: Feeds Old Stereotypes, Silences Victims, Minimizes Abuse, Encourages Cover-Up

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Joelle Casteix has written the clearest, most informed response I've yet seen regarding the allegations of Viganò and his followers a...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Important Statement from Catholic Women Speak re: "Letter to Pope Francis from Catholic Women": Who's Promoting It and Why

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This is an important statement from Catholic Women Speak  in response to the "Letter to Pope Francis from Catholic Women" bei...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

At Moment of Increasing Homophobia in Catholicism, Remembering Fr. Mychal Judge

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9/11: Franciscan Fr. Mychal Judge, chaplain to the firefighters, was an early casualty. The image of his fellow firemen carrying his body ...

On the "Light Handed" St. John Paul the Great and the "Mild" Benedict: Anti-Francis Catholic Right and "Dinesh DeSouza School of Church History"

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Lessons from the 14th Amendment: Every society is built on foundation myths, affirming the righteousness of the National project. But the ...
Saturday, September 8, 2018

Latest Viganò Commentary: "Vatican Receives a Letter in *November 2000* Detailing a Mess of Allegations Against McCarrick. Three Months Later, Instead of Sanctions, St. JPII Gives McCarrick a Red Hat"

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The Viganistas have an obvious timing problem. The secret sanctions was the clever solution to bridging the gap, but it may have been too ...
Thursday, September 6, 2018

Wave of Queer Bashing in U.S. Catholicism and Cheap-Grace Christianity: Further Reflections on What's Going on with Viganò's Cabal

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Shared by Chiara Giaccardi on Twitter The letter written by Fordham theologians Patrick Hornbeck and Bryan Massingale to their colle...
Wednesday, September 5, 2018

My "Final" Take on the Viganò Narrative: I Am Frankly Not Sure That Catholicism Can Be Cleansed of Hatred of Queer People

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One possible explanation of Pope Francis's silence on Viganò: to respond to the accusations would require him to directly critique the...
Friday, August 31, 2018

"It's All Rubbish": Emeritus Pope Benedict's Secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein on Viganò's Letter

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Valuable commentary on the Viganò affair keeps churning out, and I feel obliged to crank the churn here and provide excerpts for you....