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Catholics Come Out in Support of Girl Scouts, #GodLovestheGirlScouts
“These are exactly the type of young women needed in the Church today.”
May 15, 2012. As Catholic organizations we congratulate the Girl Scouts on their 100th year anniversary and thank them for modeling the best of what girls can be: strong, bold, value-based young women. What a shame that Catholic officials cannot see these young women for the gift they are to the church and world.
MAY 20, 2012: SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Since many of us don't know the distinguishing characteristics of a biblical disciple, an apostle, or the Twelve, we probably won't understand the meaning of today's first reading.
Catholic Coalition Applauds Obama for Stance on Marriage Equality, Laments Bishops' Stance
Equally Blessed, a coalition of four faithful Catholic groups who work on behalf of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the church and wider society, released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s endorsement yesterday of marriage equality:
“In endorsing marriage equality, President Obama has risked a political confrontation with the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church by embracing the wisdom of the people in the Catholic pew, and we salute him for it.
MAY 13, 2012: SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
There's no doubt about the theme of today's readings. "This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you." John's entire gospel revolves around that message. Though a simple command, it can create problems. Love often means different things for different people.
BIDEN MAY NOT SPEAK FOR OBAMA, BUT HE SPEAKS FOR MOST CATHOLICS
Equally Blessed praises Vice President for supporting marriage equality
May 7, 2012. Equally Blessed, a coalition of four faith Catholic groups who work on behalf of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the church and wider society, released the following statement in response to Vice President Joe Biden’s comment on marriage equality made yesterday on Meet the Press:
May 2012 Dateline
Lourdes said that when she ultimately did decide to come out to her mother, who like in most Hispanic families is both the head and the heart of the family, her mother responded with two questions. "She asked me if I was happy, and if I had a relationship with God," said Lourdes. "Those were the things that mattered to her."
Lourdes Rodriguez-Nogués
DignityUSA President,
in article about testifying at Congressional Briefing
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Dateline File: May 2012 Dateline
MAY 6, 2012: FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
In Fr. Donald Cozzens' recent National Catholic Reporter review of Cullen Murphy's God's Jury: The Inquisition and The Making of the Modern World, the former seminary rector mentioned a passing supermarket encounter with an elderly man who looked in his direction and said, "Heretic!" When the well-known author eventually tracked down his accuser in the produce department and demanded to know why he had labeled him a heretic, he discovered, "He didn't like my questioning of mandatory celibacy for diocesan clergy." Hardly heretical material.
APRIL 29, 2012: FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
One of Rudolph Bultmann's best known quotes is his statement, "After Jesus' death and resurrection, the preacher became the preached." We have an example of this process in today's gospel pericope.
