Showing posts with label Mary Hunt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mary Hunt. Show all posts
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...
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Story Links to Story: In Recent News, Female Church Member Accuses Megachurch Pastor of Sexual Assault, Catholic Women Come Forth to Tell Stories of Assault, Political and Religious Right Keeps Pinning Abuse on Gays

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Pieces of commentary I've read in the past few days that are, in my view, much more illuminating when read side-by-side:
Monday, July 30, 2018

Mary Hunt on Next Phase of Abuse Revelations: "Adult Women Who Have Been Sexually Involved with Priests Represent the Third Element of This Complicated Problem"

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What Mary Hunt says here  is so critically important to be heard, as the hateful, homophobic Catholic right works overtime — once aga...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

It's Never About Racism: White Catholic Voters, Abortion, and How the Religious Right Culture Wars Began (Hint: It's About Racism)

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In 1958, Jerry Falwell wrote the following: “When God has drawn a line of distinction, we should not attempt to cross that line,” and s...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

"Some People Get Uninvited from Talks. Some People Never, Ever Get Even an Invitation to the Table at All": Mary Hunt, Marianne Duddy-Burke, Jamie Manson NCR Podcast Conversation

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I've previously recommended to you Mary Hunt, Marianne Duddy-Burke, and Jamie Manson's essay at National Catholic Reporter  entit...
Monday, October 23, 2017

An Apology from New Ways Ministry Official for His Comment About Me on Facebook

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I do want to acknowledge that I have received an emailed apology from the New Ways Ministry official who left the comment on Facebook...

On the Characterization of Some Catholic LGBTQ Voices as Uncharitable Garbage: Continuing the Necessary Conversation

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Because I think this conversation is extremely important — if the goal of any reformist group within the Catholic church really is to...
Sunday, October 22, 2017

Associate Director of New Ways Ministry Responds to My Essay about Mary Hunt, Marianne Duddy Burke, and Jamie Manson's Recent Proposal as "Uncharitable Garbage": My Reflections

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A number of days back, I recommended  to you an essay by Mary Hunt, Marianne Duddy-Burke, and Jamie Manson calling for kick-starting...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Mary Hunt, Marianne Duddy-Burke, and Jamie Manson Propose Reframing Catholic Conversation re: Same-Sex Love; Francis DeBernardo Responds — My Reflections

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Recently, at National Catholic Reporter , Mary Hunt, Marianne Duddy-Burke, and Jamie Manson published an essay calling for kick-star...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Mary Hunt and Patricia Miller on Why U.S. Bishops Have Blown Abortion Out of Proportion: A Reminder About Why Many Catholics No Longer Listen

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Mary Hunt's reminder here, by way of Patricia Miller's book Good Catholics: The Battle Over Abortion in the Catholic Church , ...
Monday, May 23, 2016

More Commentary on Pope Francis and Women Deacons: Jamie Manson and Mary Hunt — "He Believes That God Simply Cannot Work Through the Female Body in the Way in Which God Works through the Male Body"

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Here are two more pieces of good commentary I'd like to recommend to you, regarding the discussion of the possibility of studying...
Wednesday, May 4, 2016

As Their Party Puts Forward a Reality-Show Star Who Spouts Racism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia, Catholic Bishops Use "Religious Freedom" Video to Attack Hillary Clinton

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Did I just say that the yuuuge affection of large numbers of (white) Catholics in the U.S. for the outright racist (and misogynist a...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Keeping the Conversation about Amoris Laetitia Real: New Commentary by Mary Hunt, Jeannine Gramick, and Massimo Faggioli

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Good morning! Are you as tired as I am of hearing about Amoris Laetitia ? I know full well I have made myself tiresome talking about ...
Sunday, April 10, 2016

Mary Hunt Sums Up Amoris Laetitia: "Alas, the Hetero Monogamous Ideal Remains in Place While Lip Service Is Paid to the Remote Possibility of Other Options"

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For The Tablet , Catholic theologian Mary Hunt sums up  what a missed opportunity Amoris Laetitia is (though those dancing to the tun...
Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Mary Hunt Asks, Should Barbie Get Her Feet Washed at Church?

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Should Barbie get her feet washed at church? theologian Mary Hunt asks in a sharp new essay at Religion Dispatches noting the intere...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Louder and Meaner Trump Talks, Higher His Poll Numbers Surge: Mary Hunt's Call for a National Theological State of Emergency to Address Islamophobia

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And about ten minutes into the Trump rally, this happens. pic.twitter.com/65pXHjsJ3x — McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) December 15, 2015 ...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Mary Hunt on Synod: "'Membership' Is Made Up of All Men All the Time. What Possible Justification Can There Be for This in the 21st Century?"

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Catholic theologian Mary Hunt on the him-nod  synod on the family now taking place in Rome:
Monday, October 5, 2015

If Catholic Leaders Are Permitted to Convince Us That Symbol Represents Substance, Who's to Blame? If We Choose to Believe That the Telenovela Is Real . . .

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You realize, don't you, that probing the uneasy interface between symbol and substance, in the case of authority figures, is a re...
Thursday, July 2, 2015

Clouds of Witnesses: More Testimony About How Obergefell Affects Real Human Beings and Real Human Lives — The Challenge for Catholics

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Some more testimony for you today: two days ago, I offered you some testimony from my own spot about what Obergefell  and its extens...
Friday, April 24, 2015

Quote for Day: Mary Hunt on Most Important Takeaway of Vatican Attack on U.S. Nuns — "Women's Equality in the Church Is No Longer Negotiable"

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Mary Hunt at Religion Dispatches in a post-mortem statement about the Vatican attack on American nuns: