At New Ways Ministry / Bondings, Frank DeBenardo shares an important insight. He refers to an interview published at National Catholic Reporter, in which Mercy Sister Camille D’Arienzo talks to Michael Moran. This is part of a a bi-weekly series, exploring how…
Monthly Archives: September 2012
“Jesus”, Pagola and the New Evangelization
Colkoch at Enlighened Catholicism has a post up on the Synod for New Evangelization, and the heavy hand Opus Dei which is apparent in its composition, observing that It looks to me like the Synod for the New Evangelization will…
Ron Goetz: Straight Ally in Faith, “Bible - Thumping Liberal”
I have an email subscription to Ron Goetz’s blog, “Bible - Thumping Liberal“, where he often has useful posts on biblical passages relating to same - sex relationships (and on countering the infamous clobber passages that don’t, but are believed…
Henri Nouwen, on Andrew Sullivan and the “Blessing” of Homosexuality
Andrew Sullivan’s new book, Virtually Normal: An Argument about homosexuality, is on of the most intelligent and convincing pleas for complete social acceptability I have ever read. Andrew Sullivan is a Catholic. He is just as open about being a…
Catholics Breaking for Obama.
To anyone following the US presidential election, it should be obvious that Obama is starting to move ahead in the polls. It’s also clear that US Catholic bishops have none too subtly been signalling their support for the Republicans -…
Catholics, Civil Partners and Marriage Preparation
The Catholic Herald reports that Archbishop Vincent Nichols has warned the British Catholic charity Marriage Care that it must stick closely to Catholic teaching, and so end its present practice of offering services to same - sex couples (and others…
Gay Marriage - A Useful Proposal From a French Cardinal.
France’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, the Archbishop of Lyon and Primate of the Gauls, has some stupid observations on the looming prospect of marriage equality for France. In support of his “argument”, he betrays some seriously sloppy…
Homophobia and Bigotry: Changing Hearts and Minds
I get a range of comments to posts at QTC, some supportive, some posing useful questions, and some downright hostile. Hostility I tend to publish (I dislike censorship) but ignore. Useful questions and observations I like to respond to (but…
Is being Gay a Choice?
I first saw this short video as in insert in the documentary film, “For The Bible Tells Me So“, then came across it again in a post at The Anchor & Chaplain MediaCityUK called “Sex and God“, which dealt with a…
Catholic Theologian Bill Hunt on Homosexual Relationships.
Bill Hunt is one of many Catholic theologians who believe that sexual doctrines need to be changed - including those dealing with same-sex relationships. As a “peritus” (theological expert), and having taught a graduate theology course in sexual ethics, he…
