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Solidarity Sunday in Honolulu

Posted on October 10, 2011 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

Last night in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Honolulu, a small group gathered to say to our LGBT brothers and sisters that we believe that Christ does not discriminate. There is apparently no room in any of Hawaii’s Catholic churches…

Tagged with: Dignity USA Honolulu Chapter, Faithful Citizenship, LGBT Catholics, Vatican II
Posted in Aloha, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, Freedom of Religion, I BLOG, Justice, Lay Catholics, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops

Malaysia: Pope gets the View from the Pew

Posted on July 23, 2011 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

Several hundred Malaysian Catholics have endorsed a letter to the Pope about Prime Minister Najib Razak’s visit to the Vatican on July 19. Following are extracts from the letter which provides background and a context for the visit that Catholics…

Tagged with: Ambiga Sreenavasan, Bersih, Dr. Jeyakumar, Malaysian Bar Council, Parti Sosialis Malaysia, PM Najib Razak, Vatican, Walk for Democracy
Posted in Catholic, Catholics and Culture, Christians in Malaysia, Free and Fair Elections, Freedom of Religion, Governing, Human Rights in Malaysia, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, Malaysia, Malaysian Government, Pope Benedict, Uncategorized, Vatican

Equality for LGBT Families: Lay Catholics Must Lead

Posted on March 7, 2011 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

In 1965 Thomas Merton, in an open letter to the US Bishops said: The Christian is called . . . to obey the Gospel of love, for all men, and not simply to devote himself to the interests of a…

Tagged with: civil unions Hawaii, lay Catholics, Neil Abercrombie, St. Francis of Assisi, Thomas Merton, US Bishops
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, Uncategorized, US Bishops

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