Showing posts with label Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

"Pope John Paul II Was Warned about Allegations of Sexual Impropriety by Theodore McCarrick, but Chose to Promote Him": My Response

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Joshua McElwee on Twitter Some headlines today:
Monday, February 18, 2019

McCarrick Defrocked, Abuse Summit Convening, and NY Times Lets Gay Priests Speak: My Twitter Commentary

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For years, Roman Catholic Church leaders have driven gay congregants away in shame. And yet, thousands of ministers are gay men. Two doz...
Thursday, January 17, 2019

On McCloskey's & Opus Dei's "Outsize Impact on Policy & Politics," & Attempt of Right-Wing Religionists & Journalists to Veil That Influence

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In the statement by Terry Mattingly to which I linked yesterday, a statement which argues that the media have been much more focused...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

McCarrick Story Continues to Chug Along, While McCloskey Story Loses Steam: Why?

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Number of articles Religion News Service has posted featuring the McCarrick story: at least 20, by my count. Number of RNS articles featur...
Saturday, November 17, 2018

Commentary on U.S. Bishops' Meeting: "The Moral Credibility of Catholic Bishops in the United States Is in Tatters"

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Barry Blitt's "Welcome to Congress" cover for New Yorker , 9 November 2018 Now if a knock-off cover could only be prod...
Monday, November 5, 2018

"A Broad, Deep, Clerical Conspiracy" and "Bishop Accountability Has Proved a Contradiction in Terms": More Commentary

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And there's more: here's another diptych from recent commentary that I want to offer for your consideration — about a totally...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Commentary: On Youth Synod Opening Door to LGBTQ Community (?!); On Latest McCarrick Revelations; On "Signs of the Times"

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Some meandering thoughts and mini-rants this morning:
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Commentary: McCarrick and Supposed "Gay Clique" in Hierarchy; Homosexuality Not Cause of Catholic Abuse Crisis; When Welcome Doesn't Really Mean Welcome

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Things I've read in the last day or so that I'd like to pass along to you — with themes that, in my view, fit together, so that...
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: 
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...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

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, August 30, 2018

Abuse Survivors Speak Out: Viganò Is "Just a Fanatic Who Blames Gays" — More on What Viganò's Attack Is Really About

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SNAP,  Survivors Denounce Archbishop Viganò’s Statements Conflating Homosexuality and Sexual Violence by Clergy SNAP's position on...
Sunday, August 26, 2018

Michael Sean Winters on the Coup Attempted by Viganò & Cronies: "Francis Did Act" & "Vigano Is More Than a Little Obssessed with Homosexuality"

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I appreciate Colleen and Sarasi for pointing to Michael Sean Winters' statement today on the attempted coup staged by Viganò and ...

Commentary on What Viganò and His Cronies Are About: "Fight Against Francis Has Reached the Scorched Earth Stage"

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Screenshot of Speakers for National Organization for Marriage's 2015 March for Marriage Commentary I recommend on the Vigan...
Saturday, August 25, 2018

Homophobic Right-Wing Catholics Push Meme That Francis Is Responsible for McCarrick: Please Remind Me Who Made McCarrick Archbishop & Cardinal?

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I'm confused. There's a big "bombshell" being pushed hard this Satruday evening by homophobic right-wing Catholics ...