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New Ways Ministry Responds to Pope Francis’ Ban on Gay Men from the Priesthood

Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
The following is a statement of Francis DeBernardo, Executive Director, New Ways Ministry, in response to the news that Pope Francis has approved a document entitled “The Gift of the Priestly Vocation” from the Vatican’s Congregation…

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An Open Letter to President Obama about the Dakota Access Pipeline by Elizabeth Cunningham

Originally posted on Feminism and Religion:
I wrote this letter to President Obama on November 18, the morning after I returned from a few days at Standing Rock. I am not an activist by temperament. I went to Standing Rock…

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Guest Post: U.S. Bishops Were Virtually Silent on Trump

Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
In a scathing essay which excoriates Catholics who supported Donald Trump for U.S. President, Boston College theologian Stephen Pope also took to task U.S. bishops who were mum about so many of Candidate Trump’s statements which…

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San Francisco Responds to the Election of Donald Trump. Will others follow suit?

With thanks to Eve Blossom for posting this on Facebook. May other cities and faith organizations say as much. SAN FRANCISCO Passed unanimously, here is the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Response to the Election of Donald Trump: WHEREAS, On

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Guest Post: “By Patient Endurance”

This is the Post-Election Homily delivered on November 12 & 13 by Fr. Joe Muth, Pastor, St. Matthew Church, Baltimore. The church is made up of people from over 40 countries and has a Folk Group, a Gospel Choir, a

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Bishops Elect New Leadership [Still] Out of Step with U.S. Catholics

This week, Call to Action, issued this statement on the new leadership of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops which continues to demonstrate its indifference to providing the kind of Gospel-inspired public moral witness that people in the pews yearn

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Guest Post: Rambo Jesus and Apocalypse Now

                                                     Malachi 4:1-2a, Ps.98, 2 Thessalonians: 3:6-13, Luke 21:5-19 It is rather amazing how many people are taken with end of the world scenarios. Gospel lessons like the one we have today are fodder for best selling novels and movies

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Guest Post: “Our witness more needed today than ever.”

We have just concluded one of the most turbulent election cycles most of us can remember living through.  It has become painfully apparent, whether we realized it before or not, how deeply divided we are as a country.  Some are

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Does the institutional church have a role left to play?

The editors of America would have us believe this: “The church has an important role to play as the next four years of Mr. Trump’s presidency unfold. It must offer clear and vigorous moral guidance, not limiting itself to the

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When the Saints Go Marching In: Look out for Gladys Vaz Morais

I just know that when the saints go marching in, my mother, Gladys Vaz Morais will be among them. She knew how to go places, and Heaven was always on her list of places to get to. In the waning

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