In his useful review of Catholics theologians’ work on homosexuality, James Keenan organises his material in three broad divisions: critical reaction, specific moral theological investigations, and power, language, and experience. “Experience” then is formally included in the third of these divisions…
Theology
Catholic Debate Over Homosexuality – “Unavoidably an Open One”
The institutional Catholic Church often boasts proudly of its “constant and unchanging tradition” in its teaching, insisting not only that it does not change, but that, being God’s revealed truth, it simply cannot change. This is errant nonsense – any…
“Theological Endorsements of Masturbation”
As an adolescent boy in a Catholic High School staffed by priests, where daily Mass was on offer and regular confession a clear expectation, a continuing source of anguish was having to deal with confessing the “sins of impurity” which…
Catholic Cardinals, Bishops Evolving on Civil Unions, Gay Relationships
The Tablet has reported that in a public address this week at London’s National Gallery, Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna gave explicit support for legal recognition of same – sex relationships. In the closing line of the brief report, was…
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…
French Parliament Approves Equal Marriage. More Will Follow.
A week ago today, the British lower house approved the second reading of an equal marriage bill, sending it to the committee stage for clause by clause scrutiny. Across the channel, the French equivalent to our bill has already gone…
The New Pope’s In-tray
Linking five pressing issues (listed by the Guardian) that the next pope will have to address, is a common theme sex and gender. But the these cannot be dealt with adequately without first tackling a more fundamental problem: the clerical…
A Big Day for Marriage Equality, UK – and for Queer Catholics, Worldwide
Reality is chipping away at Vatican sexual doctrine, as is clearly demonstrated by recent responses by senior Catholic prelates to public debate on gay marriage, and abortion. In the UK, it’s a big day for equal marriage, as the second…
Born Today – Queer Icon, Jesus Christ
As the whole of the Christian world focuses today on the incarnation of Jesus Christ, I want to take a different tack. Instead of the familiar (and too often saccharine) focus on the nativity and a cute little infant in…
Sane, Catholic Resource on Sexuality : “The Body is Sacred”
While I was exploring some quotations on the resource pages of the Jubilee Declaration on Church Authority, I came across an extract from a useful article on Aquinas and “Natural Law”. Following the link to the full text took me…
