Gay Men To That!!

Pope Francis waves to faithful. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) This is a huge deal! And, right after the Amy Coney Barrett hearings.  Via AP News: ROME (AP) — Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope while being interviewed for the feature-length documentary “Francesco,” which premiered Wednesday at the Rome Film Festival. The papal thumbs-up came midway through the film that delves into issues Francis cares about most, including the environment, poverty, migration, racial and income inequality, and the people most affected by discrimination. “Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God,” Francis said in one of his sit-down interviews for the film. “What we have to have is a civil union law; that way they are legally covered.” While serving as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis endorsed civil unions for gay couples as an alternative to same-sex marriages. However, he had never come out publicly in...

Bishop John Barres of the Diocese of Rockville Centre (AP Photo/Frank Eltman, File) I grew up in this Diocese. I hope all the victims find peace and the justice/compensation they deserve!! Via AP: ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (AP) — A Roman Catholic diocese in New York City’s suburbs has become the largest in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy to protect itself from a wave of lawsuits filed over past sexual abuse by clergy members. The Diocese of Rockville Centre filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday. It is the eighth largest diocese or archdiocese in the U.S., serving more than 1.4 million Catholics on Long Island. “The financial burden of the litigation has been severe and only compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Bishop John Barres said in a video posted on the diocese’s website. “Our goal is to make sure that all clergy sexual abuse survivors and not just a few who were first to file lawsuits are afforded just and equitable compensation.” More than 200 lawsuits alleging se...

Monsignor Tony Anatrella Seriously! It's official...at least in my mind. If you are vocally homophobic in western society, you might as well take out a full page ad proclaiming that you're a self-loathing closet case. It's glaringly obvious! V ia TowleRoad: "A French priest who has written disparagingly about gay people and acted as a counselor to student and novice priests struggling with their sexuality has been accused of having sex with male clients.... ... He wrote an article in the Vatican daily,  L’Osservatore Romano , stating that homosexuality was “like an incompleteness and a profound immaturity of human sexuality.” He argued that homosexuality is “a problem in the psychic organization” and said that for theological reasons the Catholic Church can only ordain “men mature in their masculine identity.”

Cardinal Dolan It's quite interesting and amusing to watch the parallels of the Catholic leadership's and the GOP's inability to "evolve" quickly enough to keep up with the dramatically shifting opinion on gay marriage.  Cardinal Dolan does not speak for the majority of his U.S. congregation. Via Think Progress:  Cardinal Timothy Dolan told ABC’s This Week on Sunday that gay people are entitled to “friendship” but not a long-last romantic relationship in the eyes of the Catholic Church. Appearing on the program following oral arguments at the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of two laws targeting gay and lesbian couples, Dolan said that the Church should treat same-sex couples with love, while reminding them that “sexual love…is intended only for a man and a woman”: GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (HOST): And you know, especially this week – because it’s been at the top of the news – for many gay and lesbian Americans –– gay and lesbian Catholi...

Hahahahahahahaha!!  Via DailyKoz : Don't you just hate when  this  happens? A day ahead of the papal conclave, faces at the scandal-struck Vatican were even redder than usual after it emerged that the Holy See had purchased a €23 million (£21 million) share of a Rome apartment block that houses Europe’s biggest gay sauna. Oh, how very awkward. While the Church is busy spending so much of its time shaking its bejeweled fist at The Gays, turns out the Church accidentally—accidentally, you guys, accidentally!—invested in some fabulous gay real estate. So how did this happen? The senior Vatican figure sweating the most due to the unlikely proximity of the gay Europa Multiclub is probably Cardinal Ivan Dias, the head of the Congregation for Evangelisation of Peoples, who is due to participate in tomorrow’s election at the Sistine Chapel. This 76-year-old “prince of the church” enjoys a 12-room apartment on the first-floor of the imposing palazzo, at 2 Via Card...

Anti gay closet case Cardinal Keith O'Brien Once again, an outspoken homophobe admits to being a closet case.  This time, it's the head of the Catholic church in the U.K.  He joins a long list of anti gay closet cases. Via Huffington Post: Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who was forced to resign by the pope last week, has made a dramatic admission that he was guilty of sexual misconduct throughout his career in the Roman Catholic church.   In a short but far-reaching statement issued late on Sunday, the 74-year-old stated that "there have been times that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal".   The former archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, and until recently the most senior Catholic in Britain, apologised and asked for forgiveness from those he had "offended" and from the entire church.   O'Brien was  forced to resign  last week by Pope Benedict XVI, barely 36 hours after ...

Archbishop  Victor Tonye Bakot Is it just me or has the Catholic leadership worldwide gone over the edge lately with their anti-gay vitriol?  "Crime against humanity"?  Really? Via Pink News: One of the most senior Catholic leaders in Cameroon has labeled gay equality such as same-sex marriages as a “crime against humanity”. Earlier today at mass, Victor Tonye Bakot, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Yaounde said: “Marriage of persons of the same sex is a serious crime against humanity. “We need to stand up to combat it with all our energy. I am particularly thankful to our local media that has been spreading this message of it as a criminality against mankind.” Homosexuality is illegal in Cameroon and the country has a history of tracking down and convicting men of homosexuality. A few days ago, a court in Cameroon has upheld a conviction against a man found guilty of “homosexual behaviour” for sending a text message to another man saying: “I’m very much in...

The unholy alliance of  Pope Benedict (left) an d  Rebecca Kadaga (right) Pope Benedict is very generous with his blessings.  He is such a good Christian...and a great judge of character!! Via JoeMyGod: Ugandan Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, who last month  promised the passage  of the Anti-Homosexuality Act as a "Christmas gift to Christians,"  yesterday appeared  in Vatican City to receive the motherfucking  blessing  of the Pope. From the website of the Uganda Parliament: Kadaga who led a delegation of Ugandan legislators to the Vatican expressed delight at meeting the Pope and visiting St Peter’s Basilicca. “I think this is a moment that cannot be repeated. We have been reading about him, hearing stories about St.Peter’s Basilica but now we are here physically. I think it is something that I will remember all my life. Its a very great moment and I thank God for this opportunity,” she said minutes after meeting the Pope. The ...

It's great to see such a brave stance within such a hateful organization!  Bravo to all the parishes that are standing up against bigotry! Via Think Progress: At least six Catholic parishes in Washington state have ignored the Seattle Archbishop’s call to gather signatures for a referendum repealing the state’s recently-enacted marriage equality law, calling the effort “hurtful and seriously divisive in our community.” “Seattle’s Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church  gave the Rev. Tim Clark a standing ovation  Sunday” when he announced that the parish would not be participating in the anti-equality effort: “I am happy to report that Our Lady of the Lake parish-oners have been overwhelmingly and, thus far, unanimously supportive of the decision I made NOT to gather signatures in support of this Referendum,” Clark wrote in response to an e-mail. “ The standing ovation experienced during one of the Masses says less about me and much more about the health of this ...