What would it mean to reach out to those who feel alienated from the Church? In a recent article in America Magazine, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, bishop of San Diego, called for, among other things, “radical inclusion” of “L.G.B.T. persons” to the
Pope Francis reaffirmed that homosexuality is not a crime, and that any sexual act outside of marriage is a sin, in a written response to a request for clarification about his remarks during a recent interview with the Associated Press.
In an interview
Public criticism by cardinals and bishops is annoying -- "like a rash that bothers you a bit," Pope Francis said -- but differences need to be aired and criticism can be helpful, he told the Associated Press.
The AP interview with the pope
Recently, the Respect for Marriage Act passed the U.S. Senate 62-37, and it will likely be voted on in the House of Representatives this week. President Joe Biden has vowed to sign the measure into law without delay. Facing these staggering odds,
Ahead of the U.S. Senate's Nov. 29 61-to-36 vote approving the Respect for Marriage Act, the chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committees reiterated the bishops' " firm opposition" to the "misnamed" measure legalizing same-sex marriage.
In a Nov. 23 joint
Writer Kenneth Craycraft, who teaches moral theology at Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary and School of Theology in Cincinnati, writes that instead of a break from political turmoil, the ongoing World Cup has been a trigger that has continued political strife: “One might
Catholic leaders have condemned the Nov. 19 attack on an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that killed at least five people and injured at least 25.
Seven of those wounded were in critical condition.
The church leaders -- the archbishop of Denver, leaders
Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, looks at a key organization in France that is seeking to protect natural marriage. La Manif Pour Tous, which means “the demonstration for all,” is a movement founded in France by de La Rochère,
Colorado baker Jack Phillips, whose refusal to make a same-sex wedding cake on religious grounds went to the Supreme Court, is currently fighting a ruling that he violated the state's anti-discrimination law for refusing to bake a cake to celebrate a gender
A federal court in Indiana sided with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and one of its Catholic high schools in a lawsuit filed by a former guidance counselor who said her contract was not renewed because of her same-sex union.
The Sept. 30 ruling