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Leahy’s Immigration Provision Sows Sex Panic Among Key Religious Groups

By Peter Laarman

…one of the most difficult situations I ever faced as a parish minister in New York was working with a bi-national lesbian couple. I spent many hours trying to calm and console them as the day grew nearer for the Latin American partner to be forced to leave. The citizen partner was in no position to move to Argentina, so these two were staring into an abyss of despair. I also know that my own brother’s life would have been very different had he no…

“How the Mormons Make Money” Speaks Volumes About Romney

By Joanna Brooks

…d, timber, and cattle operations in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil. As a religious organization, the LDS Church is exempt from paying taxes on leased real estate properties and donated stock holdings. The LDS Church gives an estimated $52 million annually in humanitarian relief, about .7% of its annual income. Bloomberg notes by comparison that the United Methodist Church gives about 29% of its annual income to charit…

Global LGBT Recap: Catholic Polling, Religious Violence, International Advocacy

By Peter Montgomery

…d legislators with 300,000 signatures opposing marriage equality. Nigeria: New York Times on Deteriorating Situation for LGBT People The plight of LGBT people in Nigeria continues to worsen in the wake of President Goodluck Jonathan signing a harsh anti-gay bill into law in January. The New York Times’ Adam Nossiter reports that the law not only bans marriage, but makes it a crime to join or support a gay organization or “directly or indirectly” m…

American Sin: Why Pope Francis’ Mercy is Not Our Mercy

By Kaya Oakes

…s not something given by God, but given from one person to another. In the new Star Wars film, Finn’s merciful act toward the imprisoned Poe ends up liberating both of them. On Jane the Virgin, the mercy given from parents to children is a reoccurring theme. Even in the recent film Spotlight, it is not the archdiocese of Boston or the priests who molested children who offer mercy to the victims. It’s the reporters who broke the story and got to kn…

Vatican Sexual Abuse Meeting Is Destined to Fail—To Stop the Problem or the Decline

By Mary E. Hunt

…eported to Rome in 2015 and 2017, but he quietly left his diocese in Oran, Argentina. A highly placed Argentine colleague in Rome named Francis gave him a job in the Vatican’s financial office, where perhaps he was a colleague of the aforementioned Cardinal George Pell. I quiver at the thought of those office parties. How much more can Catholics learn about the inner workings of their church and still stay connected? Apparently, for an increasing…

Should We Believe ‘Bombshell’ Report on Pope’s Knowledge of Sexual Abuse?

By Daniel Schultz

…’ and his tolerance of gays, lesbians and the divorced and just go back to Argentina. And indeed, he’s ready for Francis’ resignation, even before the substance of the allegations has been investigated, as is the conservative bishop of Tyler Texas, Joseph Strickland. Marching right behind them is just about the entire crew terrified of the “homosexual lobby” taking over Catholicism. (Oddly, Cardinal Burke has been relatively restrained so far, say…

Trump Election Could Threaten LGBT Rights Globally

By Peter Montgomery

…dox Church “dramatically” demonstrated its influence, according to LifeSiteNews, when its priests and bishops “helped spearhead” a petition drive that gathered three million signatures for a referendum on a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex couples from marrying: Romanian Patriarch Daniel said the faithful — who constitute more than 85 percent of the citizens — “must support the Church’s effort to protect the natural, traditional and univer…

Why Did the Pope Choose Cuba?

By Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado

…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 church—and in so…

Vatican: Gay Rights Opponents are Real Victims

By Joseph M. Palacios

…s has been ratified in the Catholic countries of Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Argentina, and Mexico. Acceptance of LGBT persons is not just an American phenomenon, it’s a broadly international one with a strong Catholic character. Of course, is precisely these trends that are most disturbing to the Vatican, especially as younger Catholics around the world are even more accepting of homosexuality and the legitimacy of sexual orientation and gender ide…

South Carolina Gubernatorial Candidate Denies Affair

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…scandal-prone politicians. From Governor Mark Sanford’s Appalachian Trail/Argentina affair to Joe Wilson’s outburst at President Obama during a speech to a joint session of Congress, the Palmetto State has been supplying national political fodder for awhile. Now, comes revelations of another scandal – allegations of an adulterous affair between a Republican gubernatorial candidate and one of Sanford’s old aides. Today, Will Folks, former communic…