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Election Reporters: Here’s Why Simply Descriptors Like ‘Christians’ Can Have Enormous Consequences

By Daniel Schultz

…n’s Russia, or God knows how many others. One example most worth noting is Guatemala’s civil war, where wealthy evangelicals have engaged in brutal sectarian repression against poor Catholics in the name of protecting Christian values from Communist threats. That same protection, complete with bloody, strong-arm repression, is, according to historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, what Trump explicitly promises his Christian nationalist base. Given what could be…

How ‘The Seven Missions’ of the ‘Doomsday Couple’ Connect Them to the Larger LDS Prophecy Subculture

By Christopher James Blythe

…y Places series, Chad wrote about the discovery of these ancient plates in Guatemala. The reference to a book that explains the “translation process,” probably indicates that Chad planned to continue to produce apocalyptic literature, in this case about how some individuals would become immortal before the Second Coming. For the third mission, Chad and Lori were to find “locations in northeast Arizona for white camps.” The idea of “tent cities” or…

Istanbul ‘Haven of Sorts’ For LGBT Syrians and Iraqis; Cayman Islands Affirm Marriage Ban with ‘Holy Bible Evidence’; No Room for LGBTs in Malaysia’s ‘Islam-Based’ Human Rights Policy; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…insurgents — is seeking a closer alliance with Europe and remains keen to promote civil liberties freely enjoyed in much of the West. But homophobia remains rampant in a nation where the conservative Orthodox church wields considerable influence and nationalist far-right groups have grown more prominent. China: Student sues over textbook description of homosexuality as treatable disease A Chinese student has sued the Ministry of Education because…

Controversial “Bishop of the Poor” Dies at 86

By Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado

…Ruiz accompanied and struggled alongside of Mayans in the Chiapas region, promoting his message of nonviolence and the full humanity of indigenous peoples. His advocacy for the indigenous not only made him a controversial figure among the wealthy Mexican landowners in Chiapas and throughout the country, but also led to strained relations with the Vatican. He was accused of having leftist political tendencies and for being too open to the comingli…

Indonesian Clerics Issue Anti-Gay Fatwa; Anti-Civil Union Peruvian Lawmaker Cites Hitler; Is Christianity more ‘un-African’ than Homosexuality?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…l America Regional Security Initiative to support LGBT advocacy efforts in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, where anti-LGBT violence is pervasive. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Turkey should not have forced a transgender man to get sterilized prior to being given access to transition-related surgery. More from the Advocate. IKEA announced it was shutting down its magazine in Russia to avoid violating the country’s anti-gay…

If Bad-Ass Nuns Ruled the World

By Jo Piazza

…and torture that Sister Dianna Mae endured at the hands of her captors in Guatemala. They didn’t have to share so many things with me and I feel honored that they trusted me enough as a journalist to do so. What are some of the biggest misconceptions about your topic? Where do I start? One of the questions I get asked all of the time when people find out that I have written a book about nuns is Why? They don’t want to know why I wrote the book, t…

As Irish Flee the Church, a Push For Reform

By Diane Winston

…l change. Taking Matthew 25 to heart, Irish priests and nuns ministered in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. They protested against US militarism, supported Greenpeace, and agitated for human rights. When Pope John Paul II appeared to backtrack on the Church’s social commitments, they turned their reformist zeal to their own Church. His decisions to silence liberation theologian Leonardo Boff, nix the ordination of women, and reject the use o…

The Pope Is Not the Church

By Nathan Schneider

…ck’s Cathedral are part of the same Church as the back-side of an altar in Guatemala covered in wax and feathers and the parish on the South Side of Chicago that worships with a gospel choir and African dance. A pope is part of the Catholic package for sure, but only part. Catholic Christianity has a long tradition of being shaped from the margins, starting with its founder. The Jesus we meet in the Gospels is refreshingly indifferent to those who…

Why Did the Pope Choose Cuba?

By Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado

…g significant coverage by the media because it’s Cuba, as opposed to, say, Guatemala or Argentina, which wouldn’t likely be as big a story. The U.S.’s continued tense relationship with the island evokes feelings of scorn and intrigue. Benedict XVI has been critiqued for his apathy toward Latin America, standing in stark contrast to John Paul II who visited frequently. Academic and media reports of Catholicism in the region speak of a weakening chu…

As Mormon Lay Clergy Are Deported, a Divide on Immigration

By Joanna Brooks

…n, was removed from the state of Utah in chains and returned to his native Guatemala. Former branch president Felix Joaquin Callejas-Hernandez of the town of Draper, Utah, was also deported with his wife and children to El Salvador. Their story was featured prominently in the Deseret News, the leading newspaper of Mormonism worldwide, along with a statement from LDS Church officials underscoring the Church’s position that comprehensive immigration…