Chris talks with Ministry Leaders Anonymous
We discussed Church teaching, the firing of gay employees at Catholic schools, and what those in ministry can do to walk with gay persons in the Church.
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What do bishops want from gay Catholics?
My experience is that, by and large, what bishops want out of gay people is to consume us.
The Shakespeare Requirement: A Review
If you love the life of the mind and not the modern university, this novel is for you.
The Best American Poetry 2018: A Review
“The poetry scene isn’t a cemetery; it’s a crowded, noisy maternity ward.”
The Talk: Gay and Catholic
The degree of your openness is inversely related to the range of opportunities available to you in the Church.
Revoice a Year Later: New Reflections on Community
Community is intrinsic to our Christian calling. Christians have never been collections of autonomous individuals, but have always been aContinue Reading
A Survivor Speaks: What Catholics Have Said to Me
Responses by Catholics that simply “prayer is the answer” can be re-traumatizing, a re-inflicting of the abuse.
Benedict vs. Francis vs. Vatican II: In Benedict’s Recent Words
In my previous post I discussed Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s letter to Bavarian clergy on “the Church and the scandalContinue Reading
It’s ok to be wounded on Easter
A part of me wants to believe that the Resurrection means an erasure of all of the ways I have wronged and been wrong.
Benedict and the Crisis: What does theologizing have to do with the abuse of children?
When children are being raped by priests, why should we care whether theologians focus on a morality grounded in Greek philosophy or a pragmatic theology that exclusively utilizes Scriptural texts?
