Parents have much to say about the church and their children. The young priest preached on the sanctity of life at a Denver hospice. Afterward an older couple...
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Church teaching on gay and lesbian people must reflect their dignity as God’s daughters and sons. Homosexuality has claimed the job of another employee...
Over three decades of Mass-going, I’ve explored pretty much every avenue of distraction to make the time pass: pestering my brothers, making faces at buddies...
Mary Ellen and Casey Lopata's lives changed drastically during Thanksgiving weekend 1983. That's when their oldest son, Jim, came home from...
Many gay priests have served and continue to serve our church well. Let's not make them scapegoats for the sins of others. IN OUR CHURCH AND IN THE...
"Someday," Gina Marie says quietly, "I would like to be asked forforgiveness." Her words are simple, direct, and uncompromising. It isnot a...
Official statements calling gays and lesbians "disordered" and "violent" do little to make them feel welcomed and respected in...
My Roman collar caused Mrs. H. to hesitate. She knew I was a gay Catholic priest, but she also recalled a sermon in which her pastor had said that unless gay...
