Tag Archives: Catholic Church

Edward Peters is a Detroit professor and the Vatican’s US legal advisor. He’s also the father of NOM’s Thomas Peters.  This weekend the elder Peters warned Catholic supporters of same-sex marriage that they should not attempt to receive Holy Communion at Mass or else they’ll be “rebuked or sanctioned.” Peters said that Catholic teachings make it clear that marriage is …

Yesterday the Archdiocese of Philadelphia permanently discharged three priests accused in a 2011 molestation scandal. The Revs. Joseph Gallagher and Mark Gaspar were suspended following a scathing 2011 grand jury report that ultimately led to the landmark conviction of a high-ranking archdiocese official on child endangerment charges. Two other priests and a Catholic school teacher were also convicted. The February …

During last month’s Supreme Court hearings on Prop 8 and DOMA, the Archdiocese of San Francisco changed their Facebook avatar to a division symbol with a scriptural reference beneath.   The avatar was later deleted along with hundreds of furious comments.  Yesterday the Archdiocese finally responded to media inquiries about the incident. Via San Francisco’s KQED: Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has been …

Dreamworks Studios has contracted with the Boston Globe for the movie rights to the Catholic sexual abuse scandal story that the paper broke ten years ago. DreamWorks Studios and Participant Media announced their acquisition Tuesday, expressing the intention to create a drama with Tom McCarthy tapped to direct and co-write with Josh Singer. Holly Bario, DreamWorks President of Production, said …

“On April 1, 2013, Pennsylvania’s senior United States Senator, Robert Casey issued a statement supporting marriage equality for same-sex couples and asserting his belief that the Defense of Marriage Act should be repealed.  In so doing, Senator Casey has unfortunately and disappointingly set aside the Catholic belief and teaching that the sacrament of marriage, rooted in the natural law, is …

Wearing only his underwear, last year Father Angel Armando Perez chased a 12 year-old Oregon boy down the street after pulling the sleeping child’s pants down to take a cell phone photo. Yesterday Perez was sentenced to six years in prison. The Rev. Angel Armando Perez, 47, pleaded guilty in Marion County Circuit Court to charges of first-degree sexual abuse, …

Connecticut’s infamous cross-dressing “meth priest,” has agree to a plea bargain deal in which he will likely be sentenced to up to 14 years in prison. Kevin Wallin, of Waterbury, admitted to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was scheduled to be sentenced June 25. The agreed-upon sentence is 11 to 14 years. Prosecutors said the 61-year-old …

Ireland’s Catholic bishops are threatening to stop solemnizing heterosexual marriages if gay marriages are legalized.  The warning came in a submission to the Constitutional Convention. Via the Irish Examiner: In their 10-page submission, the bishops say any change to the definition of marriage would mean the Church could no longer co-operate with the civil aspect of marriage. They state this …

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan appeared on ABC News This Week this morning where George Stephanopoulus asked him: “What do you say as a minister, as a pastor – to a gay couple that comes to you and says, ‘We love God. We love the Church. But we also love each other, and we –– want to raise a family …

“Is Homosexual activity disordered? You better believe it. But so is contraceptive heterosexual activity since it is no longer ordered per se to procreation. In fact, it is rightly argued that contraceptive sex is really just mutual masturbation, it is not true or ordered human sexual activity at all. It is disordered, for it is not ordered to its proper …

“Share this video because the liberal media won’t.”

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has posted the above mockery of the most famous profile avatar in Facebook history.  The scriptural reference does seem apt:  “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.”  At this writing over 200 angry comments have been posted under the photo.  It doesn’t appear that …

The Archbishop of New Orleans has ruled that it’s OK for Catholics to eat alligator during Lent. Because it’s a fish.  Via NPR: Catholics abstain from eating meat on Fridays during the time between Ash Wednesday and Easter, but seafood is allowed. Three years ago, when Jim Piculas was trying to settle a debate among his friends about whether gator …

“In light of the historic deliberations of the U.S. Supreme Court on same-sex marriage, it would be appropriate for the General Assembly of Rhode Island to defer any action on this critical issue for the time being. Any legislative action that is taken now could very well be rendered completely null and void by the decision of the Supreme Court …

“A diverse crowd of more than 10,000 marched today to show that those who protect marriage are on the right side of history. The fact that our supporters remained peaceful, kneeling in prayer and singing songs and chants even in the face of verbal attacks and intimidation by our opponents is a testament to the respectful way pro-marriage activists carry …

The guy doing the translation for NY Sen. Ruben Diaz also translated for the preacher who declared that “gays are worthy of death” at NOM’s 2011 hate rally in the Bronx.

That’s three times the number estimated by the press and it’s STILL shitty. This after six months of daily pleas for buses and money. From watching the coverage on CSPAN, it looked to me that about half of the people there were the Hispanic evangelicals bused in by NY Sen. Ruben Diaz. They certainly spent a lot of time translating …

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“To legalize marriage between two people of the same sex would enshrine in the law the principle that mothers and fathers are interchangeable or irrelevant, and that marriage is essentially an institution about adults, not children; marriage would mean nothing more than giving adults recognition and benefits in their most significant relationship. How can we do this to our children? …

“We are disappointed that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has taken the transparently political step of endorsing same-sex marriage in an attempt to influence the US Supreme Court. They have done a grave disservice to America’s children by endorsing a policy that intentionally deprives children of either a mother or a father. Their position seems to be that the …