This is a film aimed at the Doubting Thomases, the ones who dismissed the AIDS crisis as the natural consequence of a risky and deviant lifestyle.
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Posted inFaith, News
Church Militant will cease publication in April after losing defamation suit
The troubled Catholic outlet’s fate was announced by a law firm representing a priest who had sued Church Militant for defamation.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The real issue with St. Pat’s funeral for a transgender activist? Radical individualism.
Mourners wanted Cecilia Gentili’s funeral to be held in St. Patrick’s Cathedral for “iconic” reasons, to make the deceased the “star of the show,” emphasizing the individual over the society.
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Cardinal Dolan on St. Pat’s funeral for transgender activist: ‘I think our cathedral acted extraordinarily well’
Despite the irreverent “homecoming” funeral for actor and author Cecilia Gentili not going as planned, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he believes the “cathedral acted extraordinarily well.”
Posted inFaith, Your Take
Does ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ deepen or confuse church teaching? Our readers respond.
Many readers agreed with the editors that “Fiducia Supplicans” allows the church to accompany all people who seek God’s blessing, but others were skeptical about the declaration’s efficacy and impact on church unity.
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New executive director joins outreach initiative for LGBTQ Catholics
Journalist and author Michael O’Loughlin, the national correspondent at America Media, has been appointed the first executive director of Outreach.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Showtime’s new miniseries ‘Fellow Travelers’ explores the Red Scare, the AIDS crisis and Catholic guilt
“Fellow Travelers” is a broad and intimate depiction of late 20th century gay life and the events that shaped it.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Many African bishops have rejected same-sex blessings. South Africa is taking a different stand.
The spokesperson for the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference said that the conference “has taken a slightly different stand from the rest of Africa” on the Vatican declaration “Fiducia Supplicans.”
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Pope Francis’ synod disappointed some, but organizers say it’s already changing the church
The controversy over blessing gay couples is just another example of synodality at work, according to Sr. Nathalie Becquart.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis defends blessings of couples in ‘irregular situations,’ including same-sex unions
Pope Francis sought to clarify the declaration on blessings of couples in “irregular situations” in his address today to the plenary assembly of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.