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3 months ago

We Need to Have a Talk About Leonard Leo’s Version of Catholicism

Slate

A new book investigates a secretive Catholic sect that appears to have an outsized influence on U.S. courts and the law. On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discuss a key player in this battle, Federalist Society co-chairman Leonard Leo; his efforts to silence critics who point out the authoritarian scope of …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

An unsteady alliance: Donald Trump and the religious right

The Hindu

Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee for 2024, presents a concatenation of contradictions. We look at the extent of and causes for support for Mr. Trump among the Christian right, and broadly look at how the Republican party has been intertwined with religious causes. In his days as a New York businessman, Mr. Trump was pro-choice; in a 1999 interview, …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Vatican excommunicates conservative former ambassador to U.S., declares him guilty of schism

LA Times

Carlo Maria Vigano, shown in 2015, has been excommunicated by the Vatican. Although he once enjoyed support in the Vatican and U.S. church hierarchies, the Italian archbishop alienated many as he developed a fringe following while delving deeper into conspiracy theories on everything — from the coronavirus pandemic to what he called the “Great Reset” and Russia’s war on Ukraine. …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways

The Independent

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1 year ago

Some Catholic bishops reject Pope's stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused

The Independent

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1 year ago

Some Catholic bishops reject Pope’s stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused

Associated Press

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples. The announcement Monday by the Vatican office reversed its 2021 statement that had ruled out blessings for same-sex couples because God “cannot bless sin.” The U.S. …

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1 year ago

All you need is love, the Pope agrees (as did the Beatles)

Hindustan Times

The week began with a historic shift for the Church. The Pope’s consent to blessings of queer couples is the latest in his intensified efforts to retain queer Catholics under his pastoral care and circumscribe discrimination within the Church. “In other words, ideologies replace faith.” Some queer historians like John Boswell have offered evidence that complicates what may be viewed …

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1 year ago

Activists hope pope’s approval of same-sex blessings will ease anti-LGBTQ+ bias and repression

LA Times

Wolfgang Rothe, left, blesses Christine Walter, center, and Almut Muenster during a service in St. Benedict’s Church in Munich in 2021. “Given the homophobic and transphobic climate created by many bishops in the United States, the average same-sex couple likely still won’t feel comfortable presenting themselves to their local bishop or priest to ask for a blessing,” said Jamie Manson, …

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1 year ago

The Story Behind Pope Francis’ Shocking Reversal on Same-Sex Relationships

Slate

The Catholic Church, a 2,000-year-old institution, generally moves at a glacial pace. At the start of Francis’ papacy, the DDF was led by a German ally of Pope Benedict XVI who would go on to accuse Francis of “material heresies.” Francis replaced him with a Spaniard with a similar theological background, signaling, as one Catholic publication put it at the …

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1 year ago

Activists hope pope’s approval of same-sex blessings could ease anti-LGBTQ+ bias and repression

Associated Press

ROME — Pope Francis’ green light for Catholic priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples is in many ways a recognition of what has been happening in some European parishes for years. Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document released Monday Dec. 18, 2023 explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by …

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1 year ago

Pope approves 'blessings' for same-sex couples but maintains strict ban on gay marriage

India TV News

Pope Francis formally approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples, the Vatican announced on Monday, a radical shift in policy that aimed at making the church more inclusive while maintaining its strict ban on gay marriage. “It is one thing to formally approve same-gender blessings, which he had already pastorally permitted, but to say that people should not be subjected …

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1 year ago

Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples that must not resemble marriage

Associated Press

ROME — Pope Francis formally approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples, the Vatican announced Monday, a radical shift in policy that aimed at making the church more inclusive while maintaining its strict ban on gay marriage. “It is one thing to formally approve same-gender blessings, which he had already pastorally permitted, but to say that people should not be …

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1 year ago

Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples that must not resemble marriage

LA Times

Newlyweds meet with Pope Francis during the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican last month. “It is one thing to formally approve same-gender blessings, which he had already pastorally permitted, but to say that people should not be subjected to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive God’s love and mercy is an even more significant step.” …

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1 year ago

The fight to move the Catholic Church in America to the right — and the little-known O.C. lawyer behind it

LA Times

Pope Francis meets with a group of American Catholics at the Vatican in May 2019. In an emailed response, he wrote that he and his affiliates “universally recognize Pope Francis as the Vicar of Christ, pray for him, and understand the obedience that is owed to the Holy Father, regardless of whatever spirited and respectful dialogue and debate there might …

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1 year ago

Pope punishes leading critic Cardinal Burke in second action against conservative American prelates

Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has decided to punish one of his highest-ranking critics, Cardinal Raymond Burke, by revoking his right to a subsidized Vatican apartment and salary in the second such radical action against a conservative American prelate this month, according to two people briefed on the measures. Francis said he was removing Burke’s privileges of having a subsidized …

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1 year ago

Pope Francis punishes Cardinal Burke in second action against conservative U.S. critics

LA Times

Cardinal Raymond Burke, shown in 2018, is a source of “disunity” in the church, Pope Francis said at a meeting of the heads of Vatican offices last week. Pope Francis has decided to punish one of his highest-ranking critics, Cardinal Raymond Burke, by revoking his right to a subsidized Vatican apartment and salary in the second such radical action against …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Pope Francis removes a leading US conservative critic as bishop of Tyler, Texas

Associated Press

ROME — Pope Francis on Saturday ordered the removal of the bishop of Tyler, Texas, a conservative prelate active on social media who has been a fierce critic of the pontiff and has come to symbolize the polarization within the U.S. Catholic hierarchy. A one-line statement from the Vatican said Francis had “relieved” Bishop Joseph Strickland of the pastoral governance …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Pope Francis Suggests There Might Be Ways To Bless Same-Sex Unions

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has suggested there could be ways to bless same-sex unions, responding to five conservative cardinals who challenged him to affirm church teaching on homosexuality ahead of a big meeting where LGBTQ+ Catholics are on the agenda. New Ways Ministry, which advocates for LGBTQ+ Catholics, said the letter “significantly advances” efforts to make …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Things to know about the Vatican’s big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church

Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday is opening a global gathering of bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the Catholic Church, including some hot-button issues that have previously been considered off-limits for discussion. For the first time, women and laypeople can vote on specific proposals alongside bishops, a radical change that is evidence of Francis’ belief that …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Pope suggests blessings for same-sex unions possible in response to 5 conservative cardinals

Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has suggested there could be ways to bless same-sex unions, responding to five conservative cardinals who challenged him to affirm church teaching on homosexuality ahead of a big meeting where LGBTQ+ Catholics are on the agenda. New Ways Ministry, which advocates for LGBTQ+ Catholics, said the letter “significantly advances” efforts to make LGBTQ+ Catholics welcomed …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Pope suggests blessings for same-sex unions are possible in response to 5 conservative cardinals

LA Times

Joseph Zen, retired archbishop of Hong Kong, is among five conservative cardinals who are challenging Pope Francis to affirm Catholic teaching on homosexuality. Pope Francis has suggested there could be ways to bless same-sex unions, responding to five conservative cardinals who challenged him to affirm church teaching on homosexuality ahead of a big meeting where LGBTQ+ Catholics are on the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Catholic priests bless same-sex couples in defiance of a German archbishop

Associated Press

BERLIN — Several Catholic priests held a ceremony blessing same-sex couples outside Cologne Cathedral on Wednesday night in a protest against the city’s conservative archbishop, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki. Their protest was triggered by Cologne church officials’ criticism of a priest from Mettmann, a town near Duesseldorf, who in March had held a “blessing ceremony for lovers” — including same-sex …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Pope says conservative U.S. Catholics have replaced faith with ideology

LA Times

Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church, saying that they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of Roman Catholic doctrine allows for change over time. Francis’ comments were an acknowledgment of the divisions in the U.S. Catholic Church, which has been split between progressives and conservatives who for decades …

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1 year, 5 months ago

There's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power

Salon

In 1950, author and critic Lionel Trilling wrote: In the United States at this time liberalism is not only the dominant but even the sole intellectual tradition. The Anglo-Irish 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke is typically held up as the spokesman for the enduring conservative sensibility, and such prominent postwar American conservatives as William F. Buckley Jr., Russell Kirk and George …

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We Need to Have a Talk About Leonard Leo’s Version of Catholicism

An unsteady alliance: Donald Trump and the religious right

Vatican excommunicates conservative former ambassador to U.S., declares him guilty of schism

'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways

Some Catholic bishops reject Pope's stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused

Some Catholic bishops reject Pope’s stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused

All you need is love, the Pope agrees (as did the Beatles)

Activists hope pope’s approval of same-sex blessings will ease anti-LGBTQ+ bias and repression

The Story Behind Pope Francis’ Shocking Reversal on Same-Sex Relationships

Activists hope pope’s approval of same-sex blessings could ease anti-LGBTQ+ bias and repression

Pope approves 'blessings' for same-sex couples but maintains strict ban on gay marriage

Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples that must not resemble marriage

Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples that must not resemble marriage

The fight to move the Catholic Church in America to the right — and the little-known O.C. lawyer behind it

Pope punishes leading critic Cardinal Burke in second action against conservative American prelates

Pope Francis punishes Cardinal Burke in second action against conservative U.S. critics

Pope Francis removes a leading US conservative critic as bishop of Tyler, Texas

Pope Francis Suggests There Might Be Ways To Bless Same-Sex Unions

Things to know about the Vatican’s big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church

Pope suggests blessings for same-sex unions possible in response to 5 conservative cardinals

Pope suggests blessings for same-sex unions are possible in response to 5 conservative cardinals

Catholic priests bless same-sex couples in defiance of a German archbishop

Pope says conservative U.S. Catholics have replaced faith with ideology

There's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power