A major Church of England working group has recommended church blessings for same - sex couples in civil partnerships. Just released today is a long awaited Pilling report of the “Working Group on human sexuality” (which in practice, is a…
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Francis’ Inclusive Apostolic Exhortation: “Rejoice in the Gospel”
To mark the feast of Christ the King, and concluding the Year of Faith that Benedict XVII launched a year ago, Pope Francis has released a major Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelium Gaudium - “The Joy of the Gospel”. This important document,…
Francis’ “Writing on the Wall” for Catholic Sexual Dogma
In today’s first reading at Mass, we hear the story of how the prophet Daniel interpreted the writing on the wall at Belshazar’s feast. When I attended Mass this morning, the celebrant ended his few words on this text with…
“What British Catholics Believe About Sex” (It’s Not the Catechism!)
At Bilgrimage, Bill Lindsay has a discussion about Linda Woodhead’s article for Religion Dispatches, on her professional survey on “What British Catholics believe”. His title accurately reflects the core finding in this survey - that magisterial teaching is a “big…
Louis Cameli, “Catholic Teaching and Homosexuality” (Book Review)
When I originally read Michael Sean Winter’s enthusiastic review at National Catholic Reporter, I determined to read this “important book” for myself. I have just done so, and disagree fundamentally with his assessment. I read it at a sitting, within…
Will Synod’s “Respect for All Families” be LGBT inclusive?
There are intriguing suggestions emerging that the Extraordinary on the Family could introduce more sympathetic new norms for the pastoral approach to gay and lesbian couples in the Catholic Church. The lead - in paragraph to a report at Vatican Insider…
Gay Marriage? Ask the Kids (VIDEO)
Among a range of kids featured in this video discussion, only one is opposed - and has no idea why.
Pope Francis Consulting the Faithful on Marriage, Family - and Sexuality.
The Extraordinary Synod on Marriage and Family in October 2014 was always going to be a watershed moment for Catholic teaching on sexuality, impacting on all Catholics and specifically including those of us in the LGBT community. The significance and…
Nov 1st: Feast of all (Queer) Saints
An important part of Catholic tradition is a strong interest in S & M - and that’s not Sadism and Masochism (although some would say that to be a Catholic, and especially a gay Catholic, it helps to be a masochist),…
