Do you have a “guilty pleasure” hymn that you love?
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The Vanier model for living with the disabled takes root
At a new residential complex in North Carolina, graduate students and adults with developmental disabilities share living quarters and meet in prayer.
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican gender document makes one thing clear: The church needs more dialogue
Critics and supporters of the Vatican’s latest document on gender and sexuality may find little common ground on the issue, but they can agree on this: The church needs to further a dialogue about transgender individuals.
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Catholic bishops finally tackle the sex abuse cover-up. Now comes the hard part.
David Gibson: This week’s reform package was easy compared with what comes next.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
What a gay, Catholic man is doing to help the L.G.B.T. community
This week, we interview Pat Gothman, one of the co-founders of the online queer Catholic community, Vine & Fig.
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U.S. bishops adopt new protocols for holding themselves accountable for sex abuse
While the new protocols are designed to include laypeople at every stage of an investigation, lay reform groups and victim advocates say they are unsatisfied, as the new rules stop just short of requiring such involvement.
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Want to rage-tweet the bishops? Their Twitter account is ready to listen.
This week’s social media engagement was an experiment, but Connie Poulos said she feels like it has been a success.
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Retired Wyoming bishop to face Vatican trial on allegations of sex abuse
Retired Bishop Joseph H. Hart of Cheyenne will face a Vatican trial for allegations that he sexually abused several minors years ago.
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Young bishops call for lay involvement and openness during Facebook Live event
Transparency and honesty are key elements of restoring the trust of the laity, especially young people, said two bishops who participated in a Facebook Live event sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during its spring general assembly.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis tells Vatican diplomats: don’t ‘criticize the pope behind his back’
“It is inconceivable to be a pontifical representative and to criticize the pope behind his back, to have a blog or even to unite himself to groups hostile to him, to the [Roman] curia and to the church of Rome,” Pope Francis stated.