While it can be difficult for LGBT Catholics to live openly honestly and with integrity in the church, it is vastly more so for priests and other religious, burdened by their vows of celibacy and (usually) constrained by their material dependence…
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Let Us Remember, for Feb 22nd
Fr Robert Carter, Priest and Gay Activist “Since Jesus had table fellowship with social outcasts and sinners, those rejected by the religious establishment of his time, I consider myself to have been most fully a Jesuit, a ‘companion of Jesus,’…
Politics, Sin, and the Soho Masses
The Catholic Masses with a particular focus on the pastoral needs of LGBT Catholics, their families and friends have now come to an end - and the Soho Masses community is preparing for the next phase in their growth and…
“Intersexion”: Feature Length Documentary
As a boy, I remember being greatly amused by a corny panto script I read, in which the reply to the standard question when a child is born, “Is it a boy or a girl?” came back, “Yes”. I’ve since…
“Once Upon a Time, In the Vatican”: How the Catholic Church Has Changed
Ever since Pope Benedict’s unexpected announcement of his imminent retirement, there’s been extensive commentary and speculation about his possible successor - and in particular, the prospects (or otherwise) that the new man, whoever he is, will be a force for…
Let Us Remember, for Feb 20th
Marcella Althaus-Reid, “Indecent Theologian” Theologian Marcella Althaus – Reid died February 20th 2009, after a theological journey that began with the study and practice of liberation theology in the slums of Argentina under the military junta, and ended as Professor…
Can Your Son Be Gay and Catholic?
Discussions around the challenges presented by the disordered Vatican doctrines on same - sex affectional orientation usually focus on the problems they present for the people who are themselves lesbian or gay, difficulties I discussed last week in an email…
Soho Masses Transition Begins: We Are Sent Forth
Last night, the Soho Masses community celebrated the last Mass for LGBT catholics, their families and friends at the Church of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London. Pay careful attention to those words: this was the last Mass…
So God Made a Gay Man (Video)
So God Made A Gay Man (from CrewMagazine.com) from Crew Magazine on Vimeo.
“Can you be gay and Catholic?” (Head to head with Catholic Voices)
Some time ago, I described how Catholic Voices arranged a supposedly public discussion on how Catholics should respond to the political debates on same - sex marriage - but when I and a friend attempted to register for the event,…
