Showing posts with label Catholic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catholic. Show all posts
Thursday, February 2, 2023

Report on Jean Vanier: Vanier Founded L'Arche "Primarily as a Cover for a Secretive Religious Sect with Exploitative 'Mystical-Sexual' Beliefs and Practices"

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Photo of Jean Vanier by Kotukaran, at Wikimedia Commons On 30 January, a study commission convoked by L'Arche International to look into...
Sunday, December 18, 2022

Recent Religion + Politics Commentary: "Pro-Life" Movement, Christian Nationalism, Southern Baptists and United Methodists, Leonard Leo and New USCCB President

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Here are some valuable articles I've read in the past week or two about religion and politics and their intersection:
Thursday, December 1, 2022

50+ Colorado Springs Clergy Issue Letter Calling for End to Religion-Based Homophobic Hate Speech — No Catholic Clergy Sign the Letter

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Detail from Rogier van der Weyden's "Descent from the Cross," 15th century, Prado Museum, Madrid, at Wikimedia Commons Mark Wi...
Saturday, November 26, 2022

Commentary on Respect for Marriage Act and How Religious Groups — Notably, U.S. Catholic Bishops — Are Dealing with This Issue

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PRRI, " Support for Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ People, by Religious Affiliation, 2015-2021 " An offering of interrela...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022

More on Catholic Leaders' Loss of Moral and Pastoral Credibility Due to Handling of Abuse Crisis: Protecting Children, Really?!

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Frank Schindler of Baltimore writes the Baltimore Sun, " Bishops show lack of interest in pedophile victims ":
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

More Commentary on Situation in French Catholic Church: "Structural 'Implosion" and Pope Francis's Mixed Record

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More commentary on the eye-popping revelation in the French Catholic church that 11 former bishops, some still sitting and others retired, ...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

More Commentary from French Catholics about Abuse Story in French Church: "What we are discovering today – with horror – is a twisted system"

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Notre Dame cathedral, Paris, photo by Tom S., Wikimedia Commons As a follow-up to my two previous postings ( here and here ) about the shoc...
Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, Former President of French Catholic Bishops' Conference, Admits to Abusing Girl in 1980s

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From Wiktionary Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard : “Thirty-five years ago, when I was a parish priest, I behaved in a reprehensible way with a yo...
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:
Sunday, November 1, 2020

A Piece of Personal Testimony on All Saints' Day: The Sanctity of Many Queer People and Their Loving Relationships

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This All Saints' day, I think of a little iconostasis I kept for some years next to my desk. The saints whose pictures or icons I had on...
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...
Saturday, October 24, 2020

When the Instinctual Response of Christian Communities to a Changing World Is, No!

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Read the responses of a number of bishops and the homophobic sector of Catholic Twitter to the recently released papal statement about civil...
Monday, September 28, 2020

Commentary on the Discussion of Amy Coney Barrett's Religious Views and Their Pertinence to Her Supreme Court Nomination

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Robert Ellsberg on Twitter, 27 September 2020   Frank Cocozzelli, " A Catholic’s Case Against Amy Coney Barrett ": The issue with ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

David Clohessy of SNAP Speaking Outside Southern Baptist Convention, Birmingham, Alabama, June 2019: How to Effect Real Change with Churches and Abuse

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I'd like to share with readers a presentation that David Clohessy of Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) made in Jun...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

George Floyd Killed by Police, Catholic Bishops' President Takes Six Days to Speak; Supreme Court Forbids Workplace Discrimination Vs. LGBTQ People, USCCB Instantly Finds Its Voice

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Police kill George Floyd, Archbishop Gomez responds six days later; SCOTUS files a ruling about LGBT people, Gomez responds six hours late...
Saturday, May 23, 2020

As US President Demands That Churches Re-Open, Case Study from Minnesota

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Friday, May 22, 2020

In a Play to His Base, US President Demands That Churches Open "Right Now": Twitter Talks Back

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President Trump says the country must reopen churches and other places of worship because they are essential. He said, “If they don’t d...
Thursday, May 14, 2020

Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols Calls for Catholic Churches to Be Allowed to Reopen Before Others: My Reflections

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Harriet Sherwood reports in the London paper The Guardian today that the Catholic archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols,...
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...
Thursday, April 9, 2020

12,000 US Catholics Sign Petition to Bishops to Permit Public Masses for Easter: "The Reckoning Is Upon Us"

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Kansas Gov Laura Kelly puts in place a stay-at-home order and a ban on large gatherings, like other (sane) governors. Republicans in K...