Also see James Martin’s take on this, at America From Washington Post Pope to priests: Go forth and blog VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has a new commandment for priests struggling to get their message across: Go forth and…
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Fishing for Souls: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 137: 1-5, 7-8 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11 Luke 15: 1-11 What does “apostle” mean to you? For many people, there is an assumption that it ahs something to do with being of the elect, one of “the…
Excluded From God’s People? (The Problem With the CDF’s “Homosexualitatis Problema”)
Question: Look carefully at this picture of assembled Catholic cardinals, and decide (carefully, now): Which of these, in terms of Pope Benedict’s own reasoning, are “excluded from God’s People”? Answer: If you are to follow the line of reasoning of…
A Reader Requests: “Help or Advice, please”.
I am always flattered by kind words from readers (aren’t we all?). Sometimes, though, I have a comment which simply leaves me feeling not able or virtuous, but helpless. I have received a comment from a reader (“Neville” in Johannesburg)…
Marriage Equality On All Continents!
With the strong media emphasis on the protracted struggle for marriage equality in the US, we sometimes forget that there are important gains elsewhere - sometimes in the most unexpected places. Recently, south America was in the headlines, with gay…
The Priest With the Pink Triangle.
For the first post in my “queer modern heroes” series, I begin with someone most people have never heard of. (I’m not sure anyone even knows his name.) I begin with him because he represents a double martyrdom, martyred for…
Sunday Readings, 17th January: the Civil Partnership Celebration at Cana.
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said…
Gay Christians Speak Out in East Africa - Ekklesia
For those of us living in the affluent, established democracies of the North, we too easily think only in terms of those in similar circumstances. When our thoughts do turn to Africa, it is likely that we think first of…
Gay Marriage, China
China paper splashes nation’s ‘first gay marriage’ By Dan Martin (AFP) – 7 hours ago BEIJING — State press splashed a front-page photo of China’s first publicly “married” gay couple on Wednesday — the latest sign of new openness about…
A 2nd Cent. Queer Hymn of Praise: “The Father Who Was Milked”
Sometimes, I come across an idea or image that is so remarkable, so fresh and new (to me) that it just has to be shared. This one is hardly new (it dates back to the late second century), but it…
