After much free and honest talk—what Pope Francis in his final address to the Synod on the Family last October praised as “a spirit of collegiality and synodality”— and the revelation of significant divisions among the world’s bishops, we now await the ongoing discussions in preparation for the second session of the Synod on the…… Continue reading “Following Faithfully: The Catholic way to choose the good”
Month: July 2015
Conference 2015: First Impressions (Terry Weldon)
Once again, I thoroughly enjoyed our annual conference, “The Bible: Friend or Foe?”. I was stimulated by our keynote speaker, Keith Sharpe’s thoughts on the Bible and LGBT people, and moved by the personal testimony of out other guest speaker, Ruth Sharpe, chief executive of Stonewall, and her challenges in coming out as Catholic. I…… Continue reading Conference 2015: First Impressions (Terry Weldon)
A Patron Saint for Quest?
Terry Weldon writes: After the Gala Dinner at Quest Conference 2013 (Chichester), I delivered a short talk on Queer Saints and Martyrs in Church History. As a after – dinner address, I tried to keep it light – hearted, pointing in particular to some of the oddities and fun bits in the history. There was,…… Continue reading A Patron Saint for Quest?
LGBT Catholics and “Catholic Teaching”
The difficulty with what is frequently described as “Catholic teaching” as it affects lesbian and gay people, is that what is popularly presented and widely known, is extremely selective, and viewed exclusively in the context of genital acts. The full teaching however, is more complex. It is well known that it is dangerous to quote isolated…… Continue reading LGBT Catholics and “Catholic Teaching”