Dear All, In view of the disclosures concerning the Barros related situation in Chile, the McCarrick affair in the USA, the Honduras scandal and other related stories regarding the sexual abuse, sexual misconduct and/or sexual harassment of children and young persons (seminarians) by bishops or their cover-up by the same, we have added a link…
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2018/05/24/pope-doesnt-want-practicing-gays-in-seminaries-reports-say/ In a document he gave to the Chilean bishops mid-May, when 34 bishops came to Rome to talk with Francis about the crisis of the local church, a product among others of decades of clerical sexual abuse cover-up, abuses of power and conscience, the pope said that gay priests shouldn’t be forming other clerics…
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-uk-and-ireland/2018/04/23/english-welsh-bishops-raise-concerns-over-rise-of-gender-ideology/ The bishops of England and Wales have raised concerns over the rise of gender ideology, saying it is creating confusion among people about the truth of human nature. In a statement issued at the end of their April 16-19 bi-annual plenary meeting in Leeds, the bishops acknowledged some people did not “accept their biological…
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/vancouver-archbishop-critiques-euthanasia-provision-in-hospice-care-53732 “The government needs to immediately halt any efforts to force access to assisted suicide in facilities where caregivers – whether family, friends, or health-care workers or volunteers – selflessly attend to the sick and suffering,” said Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver in a Feb. 22 statement. “As a community, we must also ask…
http://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/09/01/cardinal-sarah-critiques-fr-james-martin-on-homosexuality/ quoting / republishing https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-catholics-can-welcome-lgbt-believers-1504221027 as a critique of Martin’s Building a Bridge book: https://www.amazon.com/Building-Bridge-Relationship-Compassion-Sensitivity/dp/0062694316 with response: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/08/31/cardinal-sarah-offers-critique-lgbt-book-father-james-martin-responds
