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December 30, 2013

Can Paul Be Wrong? Wrestling With the Feast of the Holy Family

Yesterday, December 29th, Catholic parishes all over the world celebrated the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. To mark this feast, lectors read the following Scriptural passages: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Col 3: 12-21; Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23.… Continue reading
September 4, 2013

Bombs and the Body of Christ: (When) Can Good Catholics Be Loyal Soldiers?

The United States stands ready to engage in yet another military action that the U.S. bishops and pope have condemned as unjust. Despite the bishops’ rather vocal condemnation of what the United States military is about to do in the… Continue reading
June 28, 2013

How Should White Advocates of LGBT Rights Speak About Black History?

In 1996, famed Civil Rights leader John Lewis was one of very few Congressional representatives to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). It passed the House by a vote of 432 to 67. The U.S. Senate affirmed it… Continue reading
May 20, 2013

The Body of Christ In An Era of HIV/AIDS

I watched the Oscar nominated documentary How To Survive a Plague a few weeks ago. It’s been haunting me ever since. Mixing archival video with present day recollections, Plague tells the story of the AIDS advocacy group ACTUP (AIDS Coalition… Continue reading
March 27, 2013

God is Constantly Coming Out to Us

As the United States Supreme Court hears oral arguments today challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, which prevents legally-married same-sex couples from having their marriages recognized by the federal government, we offer the following religious reflection on… Continue reading
January 14, 2013

When Is It Acceptable To Treat Equal People Unequally?

Today, the National Catholic Reporter tells of an article that appeared in “the Vatican’s semi-official newspaper,” L’Osservatore Romano, which was written by one-time feminist and current historian Lucetta Scaraffia. In it, she “compared proponents of gay marriage, with their championing of ‘marriage equality,’… Continue reading
November 15, 2012

Confirmation is not “Baptism of Believers” for Catholics

The most recent controversy concerning punitive denial of sacraments on the basis of political views is this heartbreaking story: the parents of a teenager in Barnesville, MN were told that he would not be confirmed, and that the family could no… Continue reading
October 14, 2012

What Does Dialogue Take?

(from a friend of the blog who wishes to remain anonymous) When I was in college, I took a class with a scholar who was—and remains—very influential in inter-religious dialogue circles. He had chaired several of his polity’s national committees… Continue reading
July 13, 2012

“Fagbug:” Beetle-Driving Grad Student Confronts Homophobia On the Road and On Film

Summer leisure time or attempts to beat the heat may find some of us looking for on-screen recommendations. If you have already exhausted Netflix’s store of Dawson’s Creek in all six seasons of its teenage soap operatic glory (that was… Continue reading