Showing posts with label Uganda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Uganda. Show all posts
Saturday, June 2, 2018

Catholic Church and LGBTQ People: Clues, Hearsay, Spectacularly Failed Pastoral Leadership in Face of Oppression and Suffering

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Jamie L. Manson, " For LGBTQ Catholics, there is little hope in hearsay ":
Friday, January 15, 2016

Anglican Communion Sanctions Episcopal Church, Presiding Bishop of ECUSA Responds: Commitment to Be an Inclusive Church Based on Outstretched Arms of Jesus on the Cross

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As Chris Morley has reported to us in several comments, at its Primates 2016 meeting in Canterbury, the Anglican Communion chose yest...
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Bob Shine on Pope Francis's Silence About LGBT People in Africa, and How This Silence Colors His Message of Good News

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Bob Shine of New Ways Ministry on Pope Francis's silence about LGBT people in Africa, and how this silence colors his message of...
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Ken Briggs on the Shocking "No Big Deal" Approach of Pope Francis to Questions About Catholic Position on Condom Use and AIDS — The Moral Limits of Pretending That Some People Don't Exist

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As Ken Briggs notes today in National Catholic Reporter , the "no big deal" approach Pope Francis appears to take to some ...

Frank Mugisha, Ugandan Advocate for LGBT Rights, on Pope Francis's Missed Opportunity for Conversation on Protecting LGBT Persons

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Amy Fallon writes , 
Monday, November 30, 2015

Catholic Officials Explain Pope's Silence About LGBT People in Uganda: They Were "Included" in Pope's Comments Though Invisible, and Ugandans Are Concerned with "Real Problems"

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More on the not surprising (but nonetheless scandalous) decision of Pope Francis to talk about human rights, social justice, toleranc...
Sunday, November 29, 2015

Fruitcake Making, Home, and LGBT Folks in the Church: An Advent Meditation Noting the Total Silence of Pope Francis About LGBT People in Uganda

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A brief report to all of you on a dreary post-U.S. Thanksgiving weekend in which we've had enough rain to warrant two arks instea...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

"God Loves Uganda": Some Critical Notes

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Steve and I had a chance to watch Roger Ross Williams's documentary "God Loves Uganda" last night. Our local PBS stati...
Monday, May 19, 2014

"God Loves Uganda" Airs Tonight on PBS Stations in U.S.

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A note to all of you that Roger Ross Williams's powerful documentary "God Loves Uganda," which tracks the role of the A...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

The Legacy of St. John Paul II: This Is Leadership?!

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As I continue reading about the preparations for tomorrow's canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, I keep thinking — ...
Sunday, April 6, 2014

Yes, I Did Remove a Comment Here about "Ethnocentric Racists" Promoting "Sodomy" in Western Nations — Here's Why

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A quick note to let you know about this situation, in case it explodes in some way in threads here: those who have followed postings...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Frederick Nzwili in The Tablet: "Ugandan Catholic Church Leaders Are Backing the Controversial Anti-Homosexuality Legislation"

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Frederick Nzwili in The Tablet  on the response of the Catholic leaders of Uganda to the legislation just signed into law in that co...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

America Editorial Calls on Catholics to Oppose Anti-Gay Legislation in Nigeria, Uganda, Etc.

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In its latest editorial , the Jesuit magazine America  notes that though Pope Francis's "Who am I to judge?" has offered ...
Friday, January 3, 2014

An Appeal from New Ways Ministry: Write Pope Francis and Ask Him to Stand with LGBTI People in Uganda

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As a footnote to what I have just published , in which I contrasted Pope Francis's Christmas and new year's silence on the th...
Sunday, November 3, 2013

They Gave a Schism and Nobody Came: Commentary on Christian Right's Loss of Culture War vs. Gays in Europe and America, Transfer of Battle to Africa

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This tells me that discussion of the anti-gay politics of the U.S. religious right has gone mainstream (and thank God for that developm...
Friday, October 4, 2013

Recommended: Miranda Blue's Series at Right-Wing Watch on Globalizing Homophobia and Role of U.S. Religious Right

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Matthew 28:19-20, The Great Commission We have known for some time now that the fingerprints of the American religious right are all ...
Thursday, September 5, 2013

Kiva, Opus Dei, Strathmore: Njonjo Ndehi Continues to Cheerlead for Kiva While Talking Homophobic and Misogynistic Trash Online

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@bensonndehi This is sad. It like if you are not into gay sex you dont need school, health, education or visas. #Pathetic — Martin Sse...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Contributor to NCR Thread: Russia and Uganda Are Targeting Gays Because Rich Gay Men Want to Molest Russian and African Children

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I just wrote ,
Thursday, January 24, 2013

Roger Ross Williams's Documentary on Exporting of American Homophobic Hatred to Africa: "Gospel of Intolerance"

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Monday, January 7, 2013

News: Increasing High-Profile Role of Top Catholic Leaders in Anti-Gay Battles and Rev. Scott Lively on Trial

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As the week begins, a selection of recent articles on LGBT issues and the churches--in particular, the Catholic church: