#WeStandWithIsaac: A Movement for LGBT Inclusion in the Mennonite Church
Late last month, when my pastor Isaac Villegas was getting his ministerial credentials suspended for…
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The 11 Best #RealClergyBios Tweets
Over the weekend, the #realclergybios hashtag spread like Gospel on Twitter, with countless pastors and seminarians…
Read MoreAffordable Care Act Needs “Fix,” Clergy Say
Will Republicans—bent on sinking the ACA—be moved?
Read MoreClergy Come Out as Atheists
And “The Clergy Project” is there to serve as safe haven.
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Catholic Priests, Celibacy, and the Marriage Loophole
The creation of the Ordinariate is about sex, and resoundingly so. It affirms, not questions or challenges, the Catholic teaching on priestly celibacy and procreative marital sexuality.
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Where are the Clergy? A Report from Occupy DC
Many liberal religious activists, Rev. Merritt said, remain stuck in the 1960s in how they frame and address economic issues, yet have abandoned protest strategies in favor of the model of maintaining a Washington office whose purpose is to lobby members of Congress. Other religious activists are too focused on “events-oriented things” like staged arrests, “where they’ve pre-negotiated the thing, which is not to me civil disobedience.”
Read MoreEulogy, Corrected: Father Matthew Came Out as Gay 30 Years Earlier
This revised chronology makes his story even more moving, and far more brave.
Read MoreVatican Seeks Virgin Amidst All This Sexual Impropriety
Lost in (and sullied by) the sexual scandals is the Church’s investigation into an apparition of Mary.
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Sex Comes For the Archbishop: Rembert Weakland’s Unflinching Memoir
Rembert Weakland is a Catholic progressive, a Benedictine monk, and a former Archbishop. His new memoir tells the story of a career marked by good work, pastoral advocacy, and the public scandal of a gay love life.
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Survey Says: Mainline Clergy Lean Liberal
Conservative clergy and pundits have worked overtime to create the impression that there’s only one “Christian” position on the issues. A new survey proves otherwise.
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