The marketplace, not elected officials, should decide whether a company should open an outlet in a particular location, said San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller.
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Kansas archbishop responds to criticism over school not enrolling child
“I share their concern for the welfare of both the child and the parents, but we disagree about the best way to treat them with both respect and compassion.”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Despite external pressure, little talk of homosexuality at Vatican abuse summit
“To generalize, to look at a whole category of people is never legitimate,” said Archbishop Charles Scicluna, one of the Vatican’s point man in the fight against sex abuse. Homosexuality and heterosexuality are “human conditions,” he said, adding, “they are not something that predisposes to sin.”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
New book, ‘In the Closet of the Vatican’, produces a toxic cloud of suspicion
Frederic Martel boldly told reporters at a press conference at the Foreign Press Association in Rome on Feb. 20 that “the great majority” of the more than 200 members of the College of Cardinals are leading double lives.
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A new exposé on homosexuality in the Vatican is coming out next week. What can we expect?
The central thesis of the 576-page book is that “the more a prelate is homophobic, the more likely it is that he is himself gay.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Oscar Wilde’s quest for identity
His lectures mixed paradox and wit, eccentricity and nonsense while spreading the war cry of beauty amid the agonizing ugliness of 19th-century American dress and décor.
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Father James Martin: Why I Am Pro-Life
The longer I live, the more I grow in awe of God’s creative activity and in reverence for God’s creation.
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Oscar Wilde finds Christ in “The Happy Prince”
“The Happy Prince” covers only the last few years of Oscar Wilde’s life. When it touches on religion, it is intensely interesting.
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‘Boy Erased’ reveals the homophobia lurking behind the all-American boy
“Boy Erased” is, at its core, a call to action. Only 14 states have passed laws protecting L.G.B.T. youth from the dangers of conversion therapy.
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‘Bohemian Rhapsody’: A martyr’s tale for the classic rock set
Queen’s Freddie Mercury was pop’s most flamboyant performer—a closeted icon who rode a gay aesthetic to stardom.