Showing posts with label welcoming community. Show all posts
Showing posts with label welcoming community. Show all posts
Friday, December 11, 2020

Open Sedition from Their "Pro-Life" Party and an End-of-Office "Killing Spree": US Catholic Bishops Turn Their Big Guns vs. Hymn "All Are Welcome"

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Well, at least the US Catholic bishops are no longer babbling on about and pretending that all are welcome.
Monday, September 16, 2019

Catholic Bishop of Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, First to Be Investigated Under New Church Guidelines: A Selection of My Commentary on Crookston Diocese Over the Years

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This could get interesting. https://t.co/zKizQX0SbR — Jennifer Haselberger (@jmhaselberger) September 11, 2019 The bishop of the Ca...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Death of 7-Year-Old Girl in U.S. Custody, a Family Funeral, and the Inexplicable Cruelty of Right-Wing U.S. Catholicism: An Advent Conundrum

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Sometimes I follow threads in Catholic discussions on Twitter down rabbit holes. I know I shouldn't do this, because the holes inev...
Monday, December 3, 2018

Headlines Keep Pouring Forth: "Pope Francis Goes Full Homophobic"; "Pope Tells Gay Clergy to Quit" — Some Mercy. Some Hope. Some Welcome!

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Newshub (New Zealand) And the headlines just keep pouring out around the world: "Pope Francis goes full homophobic"; "P...
Sunday, October 28, 2018

Bishop Gene Robinson to Matt Shepard: "Welcome Home"; Catholic Youth Synod to LGBTQ People: "You Will Not Be Named in Our Heterosexual Church" — Questions for Synod Participants and Voters

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In his sermon at the interment of Matt Shepard, Bishop Gene Robinson says the following (these excerpts are from about 1:13:48 and 1:19:3...
Friday, October 26, 2018

We / They: How Refusal to Include Queer Voices in Synodal Conversations Undercuts Claims of Church about Itself as Sacramental Sign of Redemption

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“Christ made God manifest by making invisible people visible—the poor, women, all those deprived of their rights.” ~ Dorothee Sölle, ...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Commentary: McCarrick and Supposed "Gay Clique" in Hierarchy; Homosexuality Not Cause of Catholic Abuse Crisis; When Welcome Doesn't Really Mean Welcome

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Things I've read in the last day or so that I'd like to pass along to you — with themes that, in my view, fit together, so that...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

My Twitter Conversation with Catholic Democrats about "Tremendous Push Back" Against Viganò Crowd's Homophobia: Where Is That Push Back Taking Place?

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Here's an exchange I had on Twitter yesterday with Catholic Democrats:
Thursday, August 23, 2018

Refusal of Catholic Hierarchy to Get Abuse Situation Parallels Refusal to Get LGBTQ People: World Meeting of Families Reminds Us, It's Not Going to Get Better

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Massive media turnout for lgbtq choir singing “Something Inside So Strong,” an Anti-Apartheid song, outside the walls of the World Meetin...
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...
Monday, May 7, 2018

LGBTQ Catholics and the Conversation About Staying or Leaving: 15 More Theses About Truths That Need to Be Heard in This Conversation

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My last posting  was an attempt to tell truth that is, in my view, often obscured and even barred as Catholics discuss the "proble...
Saturday, May 5, 2018

LGBTQ Catholics Are Asked, Why Stay in the Church? My 15-Question Response

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A recent conference at Boston College asks LGBTQ Catholics , Why stay? Why do you stay in the Catholic church?
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...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

A Reader Asks: "If You Could Sit Down with Fr. Martin for a One on One," What Would You Say? My Response

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In response to what I posted yesterday as I recommended to you the podcast discussion featuring Mary Hunt, Marianne Duddy-Burke, and ...
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...
Saturday, July 1, 2017

Saturday-Morning Twitter Thread about Gospels, Welcoming Guests, and Catholic Response to LGBTQ Persons

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Gospel: How does Jesus treat a Roman centurion? Does he shout "Pagan!" "Sinner!" No, he welcomes him. We should welcom...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Paul Ryan, Erik Prince, Steve Bannon: Welcome to the Catholic Table! (People Like Me, Not So Much) — Post-Birthday Reflections

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In the Catholic church in the U.S., there's a nice, secure seat at the table for Paul Ryan.