RealJournalism, And then Bishop Gruss wonders why so many people have left the #Catholic Church after they grew up. #Michigan https://www.ncronline.org/news/michigan-bishop-calls-biden-stupid-catholic-who-doesnt-understand-faith
br00t4c, Poland has a near-total abortion ban. Lawmakers have taken 1st steps to possibly lifting it
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/poland-abortion-law-1.7172015?cmp=rss
prismnpen, Despite its ubiquity, few people are probably aware of the role of the #Catholic Church, and in particular Popes Benedict XVI and Francis, in creating and promoting anti-‘gender ideology’ discourse.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/how-the-vatican-helped-create-the-anti-gender-ideology-movement-006b9604b900?sk=619ff100b8f90c6862101707efd878ff#LGBTQ #GenderIdeology #Transgender #Catholicism #Politics #Feminism
mister914,
mpjgregoire, @mister914 A joke? Is this a serious reason to re-elect President Biden?
matthewguy, Catholic priest in Clayton Park, Nova Scotia, Canada:
"Homosexual relationships, while they may feel very normal to the people involved in them, it's not in line with what God's plan for the family is," the priest said. "It's not true love, it's not true marriage."
And people ask why we need Pride and why there is no "straight pride".#ChurchHomophobia #Catholic #CatholicChurchHomophobia #Homophobia #NSPoli #LGBTQ #2SLGBTQIA
Emmeline,
negativeprimes, The priest ended his homily today with, "And He will never give you up." And I was like, "Did...Did Father just rickroll the entire parish?!"
Susan_Larson_TN, #Catholic #archdiocese #condemns #funeral for #trans #woman held in its #cathedral
One #Catholic #website is even calling for an #exorcism.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/02/catholic-archdiocese-condemns-funeral-for-trans-woman-held-in-its-cathedral/
Susan_Larson_TN, The best argument against organized religion, Hateful Christians
wdlindsy, Former nuns Gloria Branciani and Mirjam Kovac deserve credit for their courage in coming forward publicly and revealing their identities, as they tell the world about the bizarre religion-wrapped obscenities to which now-defrocked Jesuit priest Marko Rupnik subjected them.
At the heart of the abuse of vulnerable people that happens in religious groups globally: the assumption that men should have the divine right to control and use others.
iuculano, On this day in 1600, the #Catholic #Inquisition condemned the philosopher and cosmologist #GiordanoBruno for #heresy, and he was then burned alive in the #CampDeFiori in #Rome.
openDemocracy, Revealed: Tax filings show Knights of Columbus ploughed at least $10.8m into ‘crisis pregnancy centres’ in six years
Read the full story here
#Abortionrights #Abortion #darkmoney #prolife #KofC #Catholic
negativeprimes, Broke: Celebrating Valentine's Day.
Woke: Recognizing Valentine's Day is a commercial invention and not celebrating it.
Bespoke: Celebrating Ash Wednesday instead of Valentine's Day to snub Capitalism.
wdlindsy, In case we need reminding that a huge source of opposition to attempts to reform the Catholic church, especially under the current pope, is right-wing Catholic megadollars in the US.
Loup Besmond de Senneville reports on a secret meeting of Catholic bishops and cardinals that took place at a posh hotel in Prague in September, ostensibly to organize against the bogus threat of "gender ideology."
wdlindsy, But the subtext of the meeting is clear: they see that Francis's days are numbered and are already organizing to try push through a hard-right successor. Gender issues are a useful tool for dividing the church and keeping it on the straight and narrow in its social teachings, especially about wealth and capitalism — the real issue that concerns the US right-wing megadonors spearheading the attempt to undermine Francis.
br00t4c, 'Deliver Us From Evil': Rape, Reproductive Coercion and the Catholic Church
https://msmagazine.com/2024/01/30/rape-abortion-catholic-church-sexual-child-abuse-priests/
LyleDAL, Well, this is going to cause a whole lot of Republican and conservative heads to assplode.
Comrade Francis!
"Pope encourages Marxists and Christians to fight corruption, uphold rule-of-law"
br00t4c, Shia LaBeouf mulls plan to become deacon after Catholic confirmation
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/05/shia-labeouf-catholic-confirmation-deacon
mpjgregoire, Why Does Anyone Go to Mass?
https://thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-20/why-does-anyone-go-to-mass
mpjgregoire, @PeterWyrm
Catholics have answers to how the Church has not contradicted itself on those matters, though I doubt you'd find them convincing...
cynblogger, @mpjgregoire @PeterWyrm
I bought the entire package until I was 75. I didn’t leave the church; the church left me (and millions like me) when we all awoke to its reality.
wdlindsy, A persistent word in responses of Catholic bishops to Pope Francis' initiative in allowing same-sex couples to be blessed:
No! Not!
It does NOT mean that these couples are married in the eyes of the church.
It does NOT mean that their "sinful" "lifestyles" are being blessed.
It does NOT mean that LGBTQ people are as welcome in the Catholic community as normal people — straight ones — are.
#Catholic #blessing #SameSexMarriage #LGBTQ
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wdlindsy, The Guardian on why Pope Francis' attempt to reform the Catholic church deserves attention not just from Catholics:
"At a time when Christianity is being used as a weapon to promote toxic divisions in western politics, the battles being played out in the Vatican are part of a wider struggle to defend and develop a politics of generosity and inclusion."
wdlindsy, It's something of a Christmas gift to read Michael Sean Winters' latest column in National Catholic Reporter in which he goes on a snide tear attacking the Colorado Supreme Court for holding Trump accountable to the US Constitution and proving that he fomented insurrection.
I say a Christmas gift: this is a valuable reminder that I'm missing nothing by ignoring almost anything the Catholic media, including in "liberal" iterations, publish.
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/msw-draws-naughty-and-nice-list
Barrikoi1, It's too bad a majority of the Supreme Court share virtually every characteristic of a typical National Catholic Reporter subscriber, or columnist. At least I can celebrate my neighbors to the north, who have a Colorado Supreme Court who serve our Constitution, rather than using it as an excuse for white nationalist rulings. So I'm drinking a fine Colorado dark lager a bit later, from Fat Tire Brewery, in honor of four honorable and brave judges. #Catholic #Colorado
cynblogger, @Barrikoi1 @wdlindsy
The National Catholic Reporter is a historical & constant voice of PROGRESSIVE Catholicism. Are you sure that’s what you meant? It frequently is called “the fish wrap” by conservative/traditionalist Catholics. I suspect those same four SCOTUS Justices wouldn’t be caught dead, or naked, reading NCR.Merry Christmas. 🎄
Polish bishops: Church does not have authority to ‘bless same-sex unions’ (www.catholicnewsagency.com)
The Polish bishops’ statement did not expressly criticize the Vatican declaration on blessing same-sex couples but appeared to conflict with the guidance contained within it.
JaniceSelbie, Paedophilia is rampant within the priesthood, destroying thousands of lives - but the prosecution the Vatican is interested in is over finances. The Vatican should be razed to the ground & the RC Church forced to pay every victim abused by priests & nuns. #romancatholic #catholic #predator #catholicpriest #vatican #corruption #abuse https://www.cbsnews.com/news/first-cardinal-prosecuted-in-vaticans-criminal-court-convicted-of-embezzlement/?ftag=CNM-00-10aag9b
Lizette603_23, @JaniceSelbie I agree with all you say here
Peternimmo, The story of Frank Docherty, a survivor of #SmyllumPark, an #orphanage run by a #Catholic order, who died before this week's conviction of two nuns and a care worker for child abuse. He spent 20 years trying to get justice, set up a charity for survivors, and helped discover a mass grave in an overgrown part of a #Lanark cemetery. His trauma is shared by so many others
#crime
#Scotland
#children
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cljx8yny32wo
AI must serve human potential, not compete against it, pope says (theleaven.org)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — All forms of artificial intelligence should be used to alleviate human suffering, promote integral development and help end wars and conflicts, not increase inequality and injustice in the world, Pope Francis said in his message for World Peace Day 2024....