Page 39
-
Vatican rebukes ‘radical’ U.S. nuns for ‘promoting issues of social justice’
The Vatican this week rebuked the Leadership Conference of Women Religious – an umbrella group representing most American nuns – for spending too much time “promoting issues of social justice” and failing to speak out often enough about “issues of crucial importance to the life of the church and society,” such as gay marriage.
-
Bishops want churchgoers to circulate anti-gay marriage petitions
SEATTLE — The two bishops of the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle said they will call on parishioners to collect signatures in support of Referendum 74, a ballot measure aimed at overturning the recently passed marriage equality law in Washington state.
-
Irish Catholic Church investigating how gay porn showed up in priest’s presentation
The Roman Catholic Church is investigating how a priest accidentally displayed pornographic gay images to parents of children receiving First Communion.
-
N.J. Catholic high school cancels production of ‘The Laramie Project’
LAWRENCE, N.J. — Administrators at a New Jersey high school have cancelled the planned production of “The Laramie Project,” and claimed that parents were worried that the choice for the play was inappropriate for high school students.
-
Catholic Church suspends Maryland priest who denied communion to lesbian mourner
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — A Catholic priest who walked out on a funeral service last month because he was bothered by the attendance of deceased woman’s openly lesbian daughter, has been placed on administrative leave by the Washington archdiocese.
-
Catholic diocese cuts homeless funding over director’s support of gay marriage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Catholic Diocese of Sacramento has announced it would no longer provide funding for Francis House, one of the largest shelters serving homeless people in Sacramento, because its new director spoke in support of same-sex marriage.
-
Father ‘No communion for you!’ — Not the whole story
By now you’ve likely heard the story of how last weekend, at Saint John Neumann Catholic Church in Maryland, Barbara Johnson was denied holy communion by the priest officiating at the funeral of her beloved mother — and the story of what happened is tailor-made for people eager to prove that religion or Catholicism is evil…
-
Roman Catholic Church leaders choose doctrine over human dignity
In recent years, the Roman Catholic Church has seen the divide grow between the actions of church leadership and what’s in the hearts of the people they are supposed to represent. This month alone, three separate stories illustrate how this divide is alienating faithful Catholics.
-
Music teacher at Catholic school fired over plans to wed partner of 20 years
A popular music teacher at a St. Louis area Catholic school has been fired after church officials learned of his plans to marry his partner of 20 years in New York, one of six states where same-sex couples can wed.
-
Priest walks out on funeral over attendance of deceased woman’s lesbian daughter
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — A Catholic priest at St. John Neumann Catholic Church walked out on a funeral service two weeks ago and refused to perform the grave site ritual because he was bothered by the attendance of an openly lesbian woman — the lesbian was the deceased woman’s daughter.