Francis DeBernardo of New Ways Ministry continues his response to the Commonweal article on “Sex, Marriage, and the Church” at Bondings 2.0 (For the background, see my earlier post). In the first part of his response, he shared some thoughts…
Monthly Archives: January 2012
3 Questions Raised in My Parish Newsletter.
I spotted three items in my local parish newsletter this morning, that raised questions worth thinking about, and possibly require action. How to reach Non-Church going Catholics: It is estimated that at least two-thirds of the baptised Catholic community in…
Catholic Bishops Divided on Civil Unions
This is getting really interesting. Last year, Archbishop Vincent Nichols raised a flurry of interest (in support and in outraged horror) when he suggested that there could be value in civil partnerships/unions. The year before that, Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna…
Sex abuse, Poland: National Catholic Reporter
I’ve asked the question before, and now repeat: if suicide is regarded in the Catholic Church as amongst the gravest of sins ….. then how do we judge those who drive a young person to suicide? Polish church faces demands…
Bondings 2.0/ Dot Commonweal on “Sex, Marriage, and the Church”.
Commonweal has a major article on the important subject of sex and marriage, (not just gay sex and marriage, but the whole house of cards comprising the church’s sexual ethics), titled “A Modus Vivendi: Sex, Marriage, and the Church” . Even…
Introducing Mario
When I invited contributors, one of the reasons I gave was to give a voice to experience different to my own. I had not expected a background so dramatically different to mine, as this. Mario is a cradle Catholic, educated…
Go Trans – Figure
In her blog, Salad Bingo, Diana posts her struggles about Transgenderism and Catholicism: “Transsexuals are even less compatible with Catholic teaching than homosexuals. Homosexuals are simply told to practice chastity. Transsexuals are told we don’t actually exist at all. Once again,…
A Gay Priest’s Journey, From Exile to Reconciliation
Coming out is almost always a challenging experience, for priests (of any denomination) more than for the rest of us. The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle of San Diego is not a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, but a priest…
“Approval” for homosexuality
A quote I came across, attributed to Francis Maude ( a British Politician). “It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It’s like disapproving of rain.” via [LGBT]Again, for Same-Sex Marriage.
Gay Pride, Drag Contests in the Amazon: Brazil and Peru
In a post about Pride Parades a few days ago, I noted that these are no longer found only in big cities in Europe and North America. In a neat illustration of this, I have come across this report, which…
