Katie Grimes
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Sex And Social Justice At the Synod on the Family
The Synod of Bishops on the Family has begun. Pope Francis convened this synod nearly a year ago in order to address “concerns which were unheard of until a few years ago,” including but not limited to phenomena like “the… Continue reading
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All Tigers Have Stripes; All Gay People Are Sexually Attracted to Their Own Sex
I most love blogging for the way it places me just a keystroke away from people I would otherwise never even pass by on the street. I can communicate with and receive feedback from anyone with an internet connection. In… Continue reading
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Gay and Catholic? A Response to Eve Tushnet
Earlier this month, the Jesuit magazine America published an interview with lesbian Catholic blogger Eve Tushnet. More than just an uncommonly gifted writer, Tushnet also tells an unconventional conversion story. She is proudly gay and unafraid to call the church… Continue reading
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Jesus Had A Wife!? Why Is Everyone Freaking Out?
Before we rush to re-assure ourselves that Jesus was never married, I wish we would take King’s advice and ask ourselves why Jesus’ sexual and relational life matters so much and what is at stake. This discovery also provides a… Continue reading
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Let the Conversation Continue: There Is No Purely Catholic Politics (A Reply to David Cloutier, Michael Baxter, and William Cavanaugh)
Some Words of Thanks Yesterday over at the blog called Catholic Moral Theology, Professor David Cloutier posted a thoughtful reply to my take on the debate between Massimo Faggioli and co-authors Michael Baxter and William Cavanaugh in the cyber pages… Continue reading
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A Truly Catholic Politics? A Response to Michael Baxter and William Cavanaugh
Baxter and Cavanaugh also implicitly contrast the unity secured by wholehearted and unsullied membership in the church with the inherently divisive and atomizing politics of the nation-state. In so doing, they celebrate a church that never existed. Continue reading
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Jesus Was Not A Bully; The Ambo Is Not A Bully Pulpit
Today at the eleven o’clock mass at St. Mary’s church in Marion, Ohio, the pastor left the altar before giving his homily and approached a family with several small children under the age of four who were sitting near the… Continue reading
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Is Fatherhood A Full-Time Job?
The discussion about working motherhood continues. Today Professor Beth Haile added her voice to this conversation. Announcing her decision to leave “her other full-time job” as an assistant professor of theology in order to execute her first full-time job as… Continue reading