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Posted inFaith, Video
Answering the Five Most Common Questions (and Critiques) about “Building a Bridge”
Fr. James Martin, S.J., answers the five most common questions and critiques about “Building a Bridge.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
“Building a Bridge” by Father James Martin seeks respect between church and LGBT community
Father James Martin’s new books talks clearly and openly about an issue that daunts and taunts our church.
Posted inBooks, Faith
Stepping out onto the bridge: Father James Martin responds to conversation surrounding his L.G.B.T. book
Even negative reactions are part of the conversation that I hoped the book would generate about L.G.B.T. Catholics.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Father James Martin: L.G.B.T. Catholics have been treated like dirt. We can do better.
One year ago, a gunman opened fire in Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., killing 49 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. This week, Father James Martin tells us why he was disappointed with how many church leaders spoke about the attack (very few uttered the word “gay”)—and what he’s […]
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
A year after Orlando shooting, Catholic mother uses advocacy to honor slain son
Maria Wright lost her son, 31-year-old Jerald A. Wright, during the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic farmer ousted from Michigan market over same-sex marriage views
A Catholic farmer in Michigan is suing the city of East Lansing after he was barred from a municipal farmers market over his views on same-sex marriage.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
U.S. church wrestles with changing attitudes, pastoral practice toward L.G.B.T. Catholics
Despite shifting views among average Catholics, advocates for L.G.B.T. people say the church can still feel unwelcoming. Church teaching that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered” has not changed.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
As gay men are detained and killed in Chechnya, the Kremlin is slow to respond
The violence is brutal, the cruelty extreme and the anti-gay hostility extremely virulent.
Posted inBooks, Faith
Rod Dreher: Common ground is less important than “being faithful” for Christians
An interview with the author of ‘The Benedict Option’