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Catholic News We Missed Last Week While Stalking the Pope

By Mary E. Hunt

…eir loss of privilege, while painful, pales in light of countless women’s exclusion from ever exercising ordained ministry. (Not surprisingly, the four men received far more secular press attention than the conference itself.) Woven throughout the meeting were prayer services and liturgies, including a shared Eucharist, that demonstrated the advances Catholic women are making in creating new, inclusive forms of faith that make sense in postmoderni…

A Secret Family History Shows “Regular” Life Under the Reich: Sarah Wildman on Paper Love

By Sarah Posner and Sarah Wildman

…that putting together the pieces of this story would consume you for the next six years? I remember finding the letters and thinking, immediately, “Oh my God. it’s Valy. These are from Valy!” — I had heard her name, once, years ago. I was rummaging around in my grandfather’s old office and came across a series of old photos, and a funny folded note she had sent my grandfather. At the time I asked my grandmother who this girl was and she had said,…

Punks vs. Monks: Rockers Speak Out Against Genocide in Myanmar

By M. Sophia Newman

…e most popular movement in the country” and has said, “There is a parallel between what we saw in Nazi Germany and what we are seeing today in Burma.” Punks in Yangon are speaking out against the monk-led genocide to international media. The outsider subculture contrasts with the Buddhist Burmese majority, whose strong reverence for monks discourages openly opposing them. Punks’ response also contrasts sharply with that of dissident-turned-party-l…

Columnist Applauds Russia’s Homophobic Law

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…lobal denomination is growing overseas, where members are generally orthodox. Non-American delegates are getting close to having a majority at General Conference.” It’s easy to disregard the extreme rhetoric from the religious right when they are taking aim at LGBT people in some foreign land, but make no mistake, this is the real agenda of the religious right, and they’d love to import it back home. What they want is not “compassion” or even “tol…

The Battle To Define ‘Avatar Spirituality’

By Bron Taylor

…t get the impression from the title that the book is an airy-fairy volume extolling the virtues of the book, rather than a down-in-the-dirt wrestling match between those who resonate with it versus others who hate it, with many others both troubled and moved by it. I played with other titles that got to the notion of Avatar as Cultural Battlefield, but they all ended up too wordy to make a good title. How do you feel about the cover? I like it. Th…

Mormon Women Knock at the Door, Are Turned Away

By Holly Welker

…the experience. “I feel that the spirit of God is moving among us and people’s hearts are being opened,” she said. “There is much cause for hope.” Like this story? Your tax-deductible $5 or $10 will help us pay writers, coders, interns, and editors. And will earn you our endless gratitude….

“Equality is Not a Feeling”

By Joanna Brooks

…reaming down their cheeks. A few minutes before the session’s scheduled six o’clock start, maintenance crews parked a garbage truck between the line of waiting women and the Tabernacle door. “I thought it was strange to have a truck weaving in and out of the traffic on Temple Square during Conference,” said Ordain Women participant Heather Olsen Beal of Nacogdoches, Texas. When the truck pulled away, a church official had drawn a barrier across…

Global LGBT Recap: Religious Leaders Support Persecution as Countries Vie in Homophobia Olympics

By Peter Montgomery

…detti himself emphatically stating his support for equal rights, and the text of Mexican national hero Benito Juárez’s famous line “El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz” (Respect for the rights of others is peace) – all in a 20-second spot that it’s hard to imagine many U.S. Senators running. Jamaica: Push to Repeal Anti-Gay Law We have noted in recent weeks that American anti-gay activists have traveled to Jamaica to rally support for the countr…

Global LGBT Recap: Ugandan Law Unleashes Vigilantes, Anti-Gay Americans Want to Boost Homophobia Exports

By Peter Montgomery

…ials instructing the public to report anyone they suspect of being a homosexual or “promoting homosexuality.” As in Uganda, reports AI, Zambian publications have been “outing” individuals. Zimbabwe: Mugabe Denounces Homosexuality (Again) Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe celebrated his 90th birthday by denouncing homosexuality, something he has done many times before. Russia: More on the World Congress of Families, Fears of Loss of Olympic Spot…

Milquetoast Liberal Religion Won’t Challenge Conservative Values: A History Lesson

By Sheila D. Collins

…ployment benefits for the 1.3 million people whose benefits were about to expire are just some of the latest examples of the heartless approach to poverty and unemployment that characterizes contemporary policy making. Not only have millions of the long-term unemployed started the New Year with no safety net, but many of those with full-time jobs earn less than the poverty level for a family of four (18 million people in 2012 or 17.5 percent of al…