Following the announcement of Papal visit to the UK, the Guardian yesterday carried two important stories on Benedict XVI and the Vatican. In an opinion piece, Tanya Gold expressing deep anger at the Papal visit. Under the heading, “Ignore the…
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Scripture Discussion in Kalamazoo
There is an instructive story at Box Turtle Bulletin (which has become my favourite site for general LGBT news and comment) on a Kalamazoo discussion of the Bible and homosexuality. With a city council anti-discrimination ordinance facing a test at the ballot…
Some Faithful Dissenters
Investigating further the question of the sensus fidelium and Catholic dissent, I came across two notable articles on the subject. (Here I acknowledge thanks to the magnificent archives of Michael Bayley at the Wild Reed, where I first came across…
Selective Magisterium: Reflections on Brooten
I have just finished reading (for the first time - I will re-read) Bernadette Brooten’s “Love Between Women”, which has been a stimulating, enriching experience. Now, I totally lack the academic credentials to offer a formal review. 6000 miles from…
Transgendered in Church, Again.
I was moved by this story of the reception given to screening in a church hall of a documentary by an out, trans film maker about her experience and that of her family: “This is the very first time our…
Church & Laity: More on the Sensus Fidelium
Michael Bayley at the Wild Reed has already noted how his post on Richard Sipe, with his observations about sexuality and the sensus fidelium, has provoked widespread comment. I want to elaborate now on why this should have been so,…
Synchronicity: Thinking (and Speaking) Together
I wrote a couple of days ago how about how closely Richard Sipe’s comments (quoted at the Wild Reed) on sexuality and the church, on the sensus fidelium, and the hierarchy, so closely matched the conclusions I was reaching myself.…
Out in Scripture Gospel Reflections: Insiders & Outsiders
“Out in Scripture” is a project of the Religion and Faith Programme of the Human Rights Campaign, which I found when reading about it on Fr Geoff Farrow’s blog. It is the culmination of extensive discussion between 100 different scholars…
Sexual Ethics and the Sensus Fidelium
At The Wild Reed, Michael Bayley has a short extract from an old NCR article by Arthur Jones on Richard Sipe, speaking about the disjunction of the official teaching on sexual matters and the attitudes and practices of the laity.…
Articulating the “Sensus Fidelium”: a German Example
This interesting e-mail landed arrived in my mailbox overnight, from “Wir sind Kirche” (We Are Church, Germany). The lifting of the excommunication is back in the news, with reports that Benedict XVI was warned in advance about the holocaust denying…
