Showing posts with label Commonweal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Commonweal. Show all posts
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...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

A Response to Rita Ferrone's Prescription for Systemic Change in Church: "The Bishops Will Need to Work Together with All the Members of the Church" — Who Is "All," for Commonweal Catholics?

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https://t.co/6J4gOLteTU 1) "The first thing the American church must do—and probably the only effective thing it can do—is to put i...
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Moira Weigel on How the Right Invented Phantom Enemy of Political Correctness and Gave Us Trump (with Complicity of "Liberal" Elites)

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Moira Weigel in The Guardian on how the right invented the phantom enemy of "political correctness," how leading U.S. inte...
Monday, November 21, 2016

As Trump Presidency Is Normalized in Mainstream and Religious Media, Attempts Underway to Sanitize White Evangelical, White Catholic, Mormon Vote for Trump

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The attempt to normalize Donald Trump and his presidency is well underway, and anyone following the trajectory of the mainstream (and...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Readers Write: If 60% of "Nones" Say They've Just Stopped Believing, We Can Ignore the 40% of Catholic "Nones" Who Left Due to Abuse of Gays, Right?

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Yesterday, I noted that, in a recent posting at the Commonweal  blog, Michael Peppard points to the finding of a just-published PRR...
Sunday, September 25, 2016

"Those . . . Raised Catholic Are More Likely Than Those Raised in Any Other Religion to Cite Negative Religious Treatment of Gay and Lesbian People" As Reason for Leaving Church

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In case you missed this in my posting about this topic yesterday, I want to lift this quotation out of the just-published PRRI report ...
Saturday, September 24, 2016

Data on Why Younger Catholics Are Leaving Church Grow Stronger: Some 40% Report It's Because of Catholic Hostility to Gay* People

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Screenshot from PRRI report on why Americans are leaving religion behind, Sept. 2016 Michael Peppard writes : 
Friday, September 16, 2016

Richard Sipe on Why Benedict XVI's Sexual Orientation Matters and Must Be Discussed Honestly

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In a 2012 essay at his website entitled "Is Pope Benedict Gay?," Richard W. Sipe maintains that "[t]he time has passe...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Robert P. Jones and The End of White Christian America: What Good Does Church Do, When Churchgoers (White Ones) Display Less Sensitivity to Racism Than Non-Religious People Show?

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When I began blogging two days ago about Robert P. Jones' new book The End of White Christian America (NY: Simon & Schuster...
Friday, June 24, 2016

NCR and Commonweal Make Editorial Statements About Orlando: "Wrong to Downplay or Ignore the Fact That Mateen's Victims Were Murdered for Being Gay"

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Two leading U.S. Catholic journals have now published editorial statements about the Orlando massacre — National Catholic Reporter  a...
Friday, June 17, 2016

In Post-Orlando Discussion of Religion and Homophobia, "Liberal" Catholics at NCR and Commonweal Once Again Fail to Meet the Mark

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As I just noted , the problem queer people face in challenging religious believers to understand the barbarism, the utter cruelty, of...
Thursday, April 7, 2016

Commonweal Editor Matthew Sitman on Mississippi and North Carolina Anti-LGBTQ Legislation: "Freedom for Me But Not for Thee"

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Commonweal  associate editor Matthew Sitman on the "freedom for me but not for thee" approach to religious freedom of the ...
Friday, April 1, 2016

Commonweal Editorial Slams "Illiberalism" That Would Shut Down Free Speech of Trump Fans: Implications for Commonweal's Discussions of LGBTQ Lives?

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As I noted yesterday , the leading "liberal" Catholic journal in the U.S., Commonweal , has just published an editorial state...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

I Celebrate My Birthday, I Encounter "Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep" All Over Again: Continuing Challenge of Confronting Racism in American Culture

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Charles Wilber White, "Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep," Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (My apologies that the Salon vi...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "Instead, We Are Left with the Likes of John Allen and Rocco Palmo Who Are Just Pole Dancers at Bishop Conventions"

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In response to Kaya Oakes's recent article about John Allen's decision to turn to the Knights of Columbus to fund his Crux  ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

As Crux Turns to Knights of Columbus for Funding, A Reflection on Catholic Heterosexism and Lack of Solidarity with LGBTQ People Among Heterosexually Privileged "Liberal" Catholics

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Tomorrow's my birthday, but Steve has informed me that the Birthday Rules dictate that one's birthday begins at sundown the d...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

As Easter Nears, I'm Pondering Kaya Oakes's Question, "Is the Catholic Church in America Getting Worse for LGBTQ People and Women?" (My Answer: Yes)

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An open thread for Holy Week: is the Catholic church in America getting worse for LGBTQ people and women? https://t.co/q0KR9LKpfU — kaya ...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

As Trump Unmasks Catholic Republican Voters' Complicity in Racism, Catholic Centrists Continue to Declare Discussion of Complicity in Racism Off-Limits

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A week ago, I drew readers' attention to a bold, clear statement by Anthony Annett at Commonweal  which notes the many respects...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

In Catholic News: Smoke, Mirrors, and Pope Francis on Abuse; Pope's Zika-and-Contraception Remark; Diocese Settles with Employee Fired for Same-Sex Marriage; U.S. Bishops' College Plans to Fête Archbishop Viganò

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Some bits and pieces of commentary that has caught my eye in recent days, which I want to pass on to you. These snippets are all comm...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

Commonweal's "Fortress or Field Hospital?" Discussion: Margaret Farley on Natural Law Theology and Church's Obligation to Learn from Married Same-Sex Couples

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Yesterday, Commonweal  sponsored a panel discussion of the topic "Fortress or Field Hospital?" Commonweal editor Mollie Wilson ...