For queer Catholics, the only way to establish ourselves as mature adults is through marriage, ordination, or religious vows—all of which are forbidden.
The emphasis on largely white contexts in national media coverage of Catholic clerical sexual abuse in the United States obscures the ways race and colonialism have structured the crisis in other communities.
Even if the Church implemented safeguards it wouldn't be enough. That’s because the Catholic clergy’s sexual crimes against children are a consequence, not a cause, of the church’s criminality.
Slattery provides a service by casting light on some of the most troubling passages in the Teilhardian corpus, but I strongly disagree with his method and conclusions.
When the police chief asked whether a requested garbage can would be used for blood, he was informed that it was for Satanists to pick up any litter after the rally.
The 'Dems ignore faith' narrative ignores the rise of the Nones. It's as if it were 1954, and liberals were smarting over getting flanked by Ike on the 'In God We Trust' issue.