Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster has again attacked plans for marriage equality, claiming that if approved, it will lead to damaging consequences for the institution of marriage. Gay marriage: Archbishop warns of ‘damaging consequences’ for society The Archbishop of Westminster,…
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Vatileaks: “Shooting the Messenger”
When the flood of leaks from the Vatican began a short while ago, it was inevitable that serious energy would be expended on sniffing out the culprits – and so no surprise when an arrest was made last week, of…
Catholic LGBT Ministry: Johannesburg
Strictly orthodox Catholic teaching is that “homosexuals” are to be treated with respect, compassion and sensitivity – but the obvious conflicts and contradictions with other elements of the disordered Catholic teaching on the subject, means that in practice, examples of…
The Pentecost Celebration of Diversity, and the Holy Spirit.
Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. (Ps 1o4) When I was a parishioner at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Johannesburg, a Pentecost tradition was to decorate the church with 12 large red banners,…
Catholics, Christians and faith communities living with HIV
People with faith who are living with HIV often experience difficulties in finding sympathetic or understanding people in faith communities or families, to whom HIV positive believers can be open about living with HIV. Even within HIV support services, views…
British Christian “gay cure” therapist loses her appeal against ban
Lesley Pilkington, a psychotherapist who was found guilty of ‘professional malpractice’ for attempting ‘conversion therapy’ (a bogus treatment which is supposed to make gay people become heterosexual) has lost her appeal against the British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy (BACP).…
“Reminding those in despair of God’s love”: Father Peter J. Daly
The young man began to cry. I asked him why he was so unhappy. He said it was because his family would not accept him. I asked why they would not accept him. He answered, “Because I am gay. They…
Debatable terms: “marriage” – demolishing a Catholic politician’s traditional marriage views
Some of us wander to strange corners of the web and since primary school I have had a fascination with archaeology, so I stumbled on two posts destroying the American uber-Catholic politician Rick Santorum’s highly conventional view of traditional marriage,…
Marriage equality and Tory political games
The prime minister David Cameron yesterday made a concession to his Tory party colleagues, and promised a “free vote” on the proposed law to allow civil marriage equality for lesbians, bisexuals, trans people and gay men in England and Wales.…
Is “The Parable of the Good Faggot” Sexually Explicit Material?
I don’t make too much money from my Adsense account, but it is good to think that it at least helps to cover costs (not by any means all of them), so it was alarming tonight to find this urgent…
