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Pope Francis Loves Nuns, But Can the Divide Between Sisters and Vatican Be Healed?

By Megan Sweas

…es conservative, habited sisters that don’t fall under LCWR—and sisters in Africa. Moreover, the support of the hierarchy often plays an instrumental role in enabling sisters to carry out their ministries. I saw this with sisters in Italy, too. When I visited a shelter for trafficking victims there, Sr. Rita Giaretta showed off a picture of her local bishop and Pope Francis with pride. Without the support of her bishop, her ministry wouldn’t exist…

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

…ty countries Pink News reports that the Ugandan Minister of State for East African Affairs, Shem Bageine, wants to ban people from countries with marriage equality from adopting children from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, the members of the East African Community. Mexico: LGBT activists stage kiss-ins as response to anti-equality demonstrations LGBT activists organized a kiss-in (besotón, literally big kiss) in front of churches ar…

‘Barbaric’ v ‘Progressive’ Islam; Catholic Church Objects to Mexican Court OK For Gay Adoption; Malaysian Court Weighs Boundaries Of Civil and Shariah Law; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…bo praised the Obama administration’s “very beneficial” diplomatic efforts promoting LGBT human rights and slammed American evangelicals who continue to promote anti-gay attitudes and policies. The U.S. last summer cut aid to Uganda and imposed a travel ban against officials in the African country who are responsible for anti-LGBT and other human rights abuses. The Center for Constitutional Rights in 2012 filed a federal lawsuit against Scott Live…

Toward a More Inclusive Islam

By Hussein Rashid

…slim communities for years. Globally, key movements in the US, France, and South Africa receive the majority of media attention for more progressive discussions on sexuality and Islam, though a 2011 report shows how pervasive (and deep) these conversations truly are. More importantly, a recent report by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) demonstrates that the conversation isn’t restricted to theology and law, but also include…

How AIDS Changed the Way American Christians Talk About Sex

By Anthony Petro

…than that for those of use who lived through the 1980s and 1990s—students today more often associate AIDS with Africa and with poverty than with gay men and the Christian Right. But my students were fascinated by much of this earlier history of AIDS in the U.S., and it was such a joy teaching them. So I also hope my book brings the history of the AIDS crisis to life for younger readers curious about this past—a past that, I argue in the book, con…

Dylann Roof Was Wrong: The Race War Isn’t Coming, It’s Here

By Willie James Jennings

…the very first old world (proto-European) citizen stepped on the shores of Africa and the Americas and other soon-to-be-colonized places and said, “God has given this land and these people to me. This is mine.” The belief in God-given possession flows like a vampire virus through the veins of this country. We eagerly draw lifeblood from as much of the world as possible, in land, natural resources, and cheap labor. What does it mean to be born in a…

To Let It Go and So To Find A Way: U2, (A)Live with Grief and Grace

By Cathleen Falsani

…stians (and others) to respond to the then-pandemic of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. We’ve had many conversations, publicly and privately, over the years about our shared Christian faith. From their earliest days as a band, U2 has sung about wrestling with angels, the magnificent and mystical, God the Father, the Divine Feminine (who moves in mysterious ways). They’ve confessed their sins, aired their doubts, celebrated amazing grace, and mourned th…

Catholic ‘Soul-Searching’ as Ireland Votes on Marriage; Churches, American Activists Join Kenyan Anti-Gay Group’s ‘Family’ Confab; Indian Mom Seeks Spouse For Gay Son; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ica and Europe. Watch a set of video interviews on Growing UP LGBT in East Africa, posted at KitschMix. Ireland: Catholic ‘soul-searching’ on marriage referendum As we discussed in some detail last week, Irish voters go to the polls today, May 22, in what could be the first national referendum approving marriage equality. Prime Minister Enda Kenny made a televised pitch for a yes vote, and polls show a decisive majority for marriage, but some acti…

America’s Savior: Lincolnolatry’s Hidden Cost

By Peter Laarman

…others). In death Brown instantly became a larger-than-life figure: in the South a frightening golem, and in the North a fiery prophet at the very least, if not quite at the Jesus level (some hadn’t forgotten his Kansas butcheries). Even before the outbreak of the Civil War soldiers in the North were singing “John Brown’s body lies a-moulderin’ in the grave! His soul goes marching on!” The improvised reference to Brown among the uniformed ranks to…

French Theologian Urges Islam to Self-Critique, Fails to Notice Log in Own Eye

By Daniel J. Schultz

…ly not the French who trace their origins to the Maghreb, West Africa, and South East Asia, or the immigrants who live beyond the confines of Paris’ périphérique. The “we” that needs to be reminded that it is at war is the “we” that has been waging it for over a century. This is the (generic Western, liberal, mostly white) “we” whose punditry rallies to the strong rhetoric of war when something tragic occurs in New York, Madrid, London, and Paris,…