From Washington Post: Dutch Catholics come forward with reports of abuse About 70 reports have been filed since Friday, when a newspaper reported that three priests from the Salesian order abused pupils decades ago at a boarding school, said Pieter…
Monthly Archives: March 2010
UK: Civil Marriage, Civil Partnership Converging?
Here in the UK, full recognition of gay marriage just came another step closer. This development yesterday took me totally by surprise: From Ekklesia: Parliament votes to recognise religious same-sex partnerships In a dramatic development, the House of Lords has…
Clerical Abuse: Will Germany Follow Ireland?
In the ongoing story of clerical abuse in Ireland, what set this country apart from all the others where abuse has been uncovered, was the thoroughness of the church’s (belated) own Ryan Report last, year, and then the exhaustive government…
Dutch Gay Catholics: “Welcome”, After All.
Now, why couldn’ t the Church have adopted this approach in the first place? An agreement following discussions between gay activists and church authorities puts the decision on whether to accept communion firmly in the hands of the individuals concerned,…
Speak the Truth in Love: Write Your Bishop.
The Lord Jesus promised, “You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free” (Jn. 8:32). Scripture bids us speak the truth in love (cf. Eph. 4:15). The God who is at once truth and love calls the…
Clobber Texts: A New Reading of Leviticus
As I continue to investigate the issues around faith and sexuality, I am constantly in search of reliable information and analyses to set against the misinformation, selective quotations and misinterpretations that masquerade as the conventional wisdom on the subject. Recently,…
Dutch Gay Catholics: Excluded from God’s People?
When I wrote about this incident in the Netherlands earlier in the week, it was just a quick and unconsidered relaying of some not very informative news reports. An important comment by Phillip Clarke showed me that there was a…
Marriage Equality: World Update
It’s time for an update on the global spread of marriage equality, starting with Europe, where it all began: (Dark Blue: full marriage; mid blue: civil unions; light blue: unregistered recognition; yellow: under political consideration; red: prohibited) This image from…
The “Heresy” of Mandatory Celibacy: Power and Control.
At Enlightened Catholicism, Colleen has a commentary on a post at Clerical Whispers about Mandatory Celibacy as heresy. I do not want to go much further into this post ( read it at Clerical Whispers, or at Enlightened Catholicism, enriched…
