Posts Tagged ‘DignityUSA’
DignityUSA Advocates for “Sacramental Equality” After Civil Marriage Is Achieved
Members of the leading LGBT Catholic organzation, meeting in Seattle for the organization’s national convention, have voted to begin advocating for equal access to all of the sacraments of the Catholic Church for LGBT people and their families. A unanimously-passed resolution states that “DignityUSA and its members call on the leaders and members of our…
Read MoreEnding Marginalization In The Catholic Church
After serving as Roman Catholic priest for 40 years, nine months ago I was expelled from the priesthood and my Maryknoll community because of my public support for the ordination of women. While being expelled from my religious community that I loved was incredibly painful, that pain doesn’t compare to the hurt endured by women…
Read MoreCatholic Coalition Supports Theologian Criticized By Rome
Equally Blessed released the following statement in response to the criticism of Just Love, by Sister Margaret Farley, a Catholic theologian emeritus at Yale University, released today by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: “We are saddened, but not surprised that the Roman Catholic hierarchy has found fault with the valuable…
Read MoreBiden May Not Speak For Obama, But He Speaks For Most Catholics
Equally Blessed, a coalition of four faith Catholic groups who work on behalf of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the church and wider society, released the following statement in response to Vice President Joe Biden’s comment on marriage equality made Sunday on Meet the Press: “While Washington insiders puzzle over…
Read MoreCatholic Bishops, Knights Of Columbus Must Cut Ties To NOM
Equally Blessed, a coalition of four Catholic justice organizations, today called on the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, to publicly disassociate themselves and their organizations from the National Organization for Marriage (NOM). The group wrote to Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New…
Read More