Showing posts with label intrinsic disorder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label intrinsic disorder. Show all posts
Friday, January 20, 2023

Abusive Anti-Gay French Priest Tony Anatrella Sanctioned by Vatican; Survivors Say They Expected More

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" Catholic Church Tells Bishops They Are Not Obliged to Disclose Child Sex Abuse: Report ,"  Time (11/2/2016) Earlier this week, t...
Monday, January 9, 2023

On Benedict's "Kindness" and What Eulogies About His "Kindness" Say to LGBTQ Catholics

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I've refrained until now from commenting here about the death of Emeritus Pope Bendict, because...well, to be honest, I'm not sure w...
Monday, October 29, 2018

Liz Dodd on the Damage That Youth Synod's Game-Playing with LGBTQ Lives Does to Those Lives and to the Church Itself

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Liz Dodd on the damage that the youth synod's game-playing with LGBTQ lives does to those lives and to the church itself, in "...
Friday, June 15, 2018

We Are Church Ireland to Pope Francis: Would Jesus Define People as Objectively Disordered or Intrinsically Evil?

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As Sarasi pointed out in a comment here several days ago, We Are Church Ireland now has a petition online at Change.org with the fol...
Saturday, April 21, 2018

Saturday News Items: How We Became Troll Nation; Men Need to Be Saved from Themselves; Trump Simply Casts Bright Light on What White Evangelicals Have Long Been, Etc.

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Here are some bits and pieces of news commentary I've read in the last two days that I'd like to recommend to you. In the video...
Thursday, February 2, 2017

Failure of Catholic Progressives to Speak Out for Years Now About LGBTQ Humanity Undercuts Catholic Witness vs. Muslim Ban

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From 1986 forward, when Cardinal Ratzinger issued his infamous "Hallowe'en document" defining gay people as intrinsically ...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

Some Resources for Your Consideration: Live Streaming of Father James Martin's Address on LGBTQ Issues in Catholic Context Today, Etc.

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I'd like to draw your attention today to some noteworthy (and time-sensitive) resources that may interest many Bilgrimage readers...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Update on Story of Msgr. Tony Anatrella, Vatican "Expert" on Homosexuality: Archdiocese of Paris Sets Up Commission to Investigate Allegations

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An update for you on a story we have discussed here in the past: as I told you this past May ( here , here , and here ), news reports...
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...
Monday, August 29, 2016

Parramatta (Australia) Diocesan Newspaper Catholic Outlook Back Online, with Text of Bishop Vincent Long's Ann D. Clark Lecture Calling for Catholic Church to Reassess Approach to Gay Folks

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For those who may not have seen the note I added last night to my posting earlier yesterday noting that Bishop Vincent Long's An...
Sunday, August 28, 2016

Text of Bishop Vincent Long's Lecture Calling for Reassessment of Catholic Cruelty to Gay People Has Disappeared Again

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The text of Bishop Vincent Long's recent Ann D. Clark lecture in Penrith, Australia, about which I blogged recently , has once ag...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Footnote to Commentary on Bishop Vincent Long's Ann D. Clark Lecture: Link Is Now Back Up

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A footnote to what I posted yesterday about the disappearing link to Bishop Vincent Long's Ann D. Clark lecture, which had been u...
Monday, August 22, 2016

On a Disappearing Lecture by a Bishop Challenging Injustice Towards Gay Folks: Churches Hostile to Gays Might Consider Just Shutting Up about a Loving God

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Last Friday, the publication Catholic Outlook , a publication of the Catholic diocese of Parramatta in Australia, uploaded to its w...
Monday, June 20, 2016

"They Put Us in Closets and Do All They Can to Keep Us There": More on the Catholic Erasure of LGBTQ People from the Narrative About Orlando

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"Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy takes the rest of the week." - Alice Walker — Broderick Greer (@BroderickG...
Friday, May 20, 2016

David Gibson and Tom Heneghan Publish Religion News Service Report about Father Tony Anatrella: "Scandal That Could Have Repercussions All the Way to the Vatican"

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An update as the week ends, on the story of Father Tony Anatrella, about which I've been keeping you posted  (and here ) as it...
Sunday, May 15, 2016

Msgr. Anatrella, Vatican "Expert on Homosexuality" Accused of Molesting Patients, Now Back in News As Paris Archbishop Vingt-Trois Issues Statement

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An update to the story I told you earlier this month about allegations regarding . . . unusual . . . therapeutic methods (i.e., curi...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

French Media Report Allegations That Vatican "Expert on Homosexuality" Monsignor Tony Anatrella Sexually Abused a Minor Undergoing "Reparative" Therapy

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I have seen no reports about this story in English-language media. I thought I would share it with you since 1) we've previously ...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Former Irish President on Catholic Teaching About Homosexuality: It's "Wrong," a "Major Conduit for Homophobia," and Needs to Be Repudiated

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Yesterday,  Irish Catholic published an interview of former Irish president Mary McAleese done by Martin O'Brien at her apartmen...
Saturday, October 3, 2015

The Telenovela Continues: Gay Vatican Official Comes Out and Is Sacked in Advance of Synod on the Family

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OMG. Did someone say head-turners? (Yes, I'm between popcorn runs, and very glad I bought in a big new supply of popcorn today, b...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Right-Wing Catholics Suddenly Tired of Pope's Scoldings: Where Were These Folks During Papacies of JPII and BXVI?

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Well, isn't this special? Right-wing Catholics Elizabeth Scalia and Carl Olson are tried of being "scolded" and "h...