The things that tend to hit the headlines concerning the Catholic Church and “homosexuals”, are the high profile political campaigns by some bishops against marriage and family equality on the one hand, and the disordered teaching on genital sex, on…
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Homophobic Priests: Doctrinally Correct, Pastorally Wrong.
Last week, two priests at opposite ends of North America fell foul of the local bishops, apparently for their anti-LGBT actions. In Canada, a visiting priest in the diocese of Bathurst was barred from saying Mass by Bishop Bishop Valéry Vienneau after…
Homosexuality: If It Ain’t Broke, Why Fix It?
I was sent this by email, as a simple link. The report it refers to, about a German association of Catholic doctors who have proposed possible “treatments” for homosexuality, is in German. I have neither the German skills, nor the…
Where have all the Shepherds gone?
Where have all the Shepherds gone? (with apologies to Pete Seeger) As so often happens when I’m preparing a post, current events break into the flow of my thoughts and somehow find their way into the post. Last week was…
