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The Catholic Church’s gay obsession
“The blunt truth of the matter is that during a period when the legalization of gay marriage has spread rapidly in this country, from just six states in 2011 to more than three times that number today, Catholic officials here have elected to focus on this one issue and on a given group of people: gays and lesbians.”
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Catholic university suspends plans for screening of Harvey Milk film
WASHINGTON — A student group at Catholic University postponed a screening of a movie about gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk after school officials raised questions about a flier linking the event to LGBT awareness month. A chapter of the College Democrats had planned to screen “Milk,” starring Sean Penn, on Wednesday evening on the Northeast Washington…
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Arkansas Catholic diocese wants to enter same-sex marriage suit
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The leader of Arkansas’ Roman Catholic diocese wants the state’s highest court to consider his thoughts on the voter-approved same-sex marriage ban. Anthony Taylor, the bishop of Little Rock, asked the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday to accept a friend of the court brief that argues justices should uphold Arkansas…
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Nuns to reconsider school policies regarding decision to fire gay teacher
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — The Catholic nuns who operate a suburban Detroit school plan to re-examine policies regarding the decision to fire a gay teacher after she became pregnant. Sister Mary Jane Herb, president of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, said in a letter to Marian High School alumnae Monday that the congregation …
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Embattled Minn. archbishop calls for resignation of gay music director
VICTORIA, Minn. — Embattled Catholic Archbishop John Nienstedt has asked for the resignation of a popular music director at a Victoria, Minn., church because he married his longtime same-sex partner. Father Bob White, who leads St. Victoria Catholic Church, has notified parishioners that Nienstedt has asked for Jamie Moore’s resignation…
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Parishioners divided over church’s demand that gay couple get divorced
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A Roman Catholic bishop says a central Montana parish is about evenly divided over a new priest’s decision to prohibit a gay couple from receiving Communion unless they divorce, live separately and write a statement affirming that a marriage is between a man and a woman.
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Pope Francis chooses moderate bishop to lead Chicago archdiocese
As the leader of two American dioceses, Roman Catholic Bishop Blase Cupich has staked out a firm position in the middle of the road. He has spoken out against same-sex marriage and against conservative hostility toward gay rights advocates. He has opposed abortion, while urging parishioners and priests to have patience, not disdain, for those who disagree…
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Church denies Communion to married, same-sex couple; suggests they divorce
BILLINGS, Mont. — A gay couple has been told they can no longer receive Communion or participate in church ministry after a new priest at a Roman Catholic church in central Montana learned they had been married in a civil ceremony more than a year ago. The decision set off a split that has cut attendance at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Lewistown…
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Catholic school says coach tied to Philly beating of gay couple has ‘resigned’
PHILADELPHIA — An assistant coach at a Roman Catholic high school has resigned over his role in a beating that left two gay men injured, church officials in Philadelphia said Thursday. About a dozen young adults were linked to the Sept. 11 encounter after police released surveillance video Tuesday and social media users mined online posts, including a group …
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Catholic League bowing out of NYC St. Patrick’s Day parade
NEW YORK — The Catholic League says it will sit out next year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York because parade organizers aren’t letting an anti-abortion group march. Bill Donohue heads the Catholic League, a group that fights prejudice against the church. He said Thursday that his organization won’t participate in the March 2015 parade for the first time in 20 years.