January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 by James Ross Kelly

Clerical Celibacy: Not Essential to Orders | Henry Karlson

Celibacy is not essential to ordination, as the history of the church demonstrates

Source: Clerical Celibacy: Not Essential to Orders | Henry Karlson

January 15, 2020 by James Ross Kelly

Benedict Removes His Name from Book Undercutting Pope Francis’ Authority as Pope. | Rebecca Hamilton

Sometimes people get caught up in things without realizing the impact they will have. It appears that Pope Emeritus Benedict experienced just that after he […]

Source: Update! Pope Emeritus Benedict Removes His Name from Book Undercutting Pope Francis’ Authority as Pope. | Rebecca Hamilton

December 26, 2019 by James Ross Kelly

The Two Popes: What Actually Happened When Francis Met Benedict | Vanity Fair

The Netflix movie begins with the line “inspired by true events,” but it shows a huge number of things that never happened, from Cardinal Bergoglio offering his resignation in person to Benedict playing jazz piano.

Source: The Two Popes: What Actually Happened When Francis Met Benedict | Vanity Fair

August 26, 2019 by James Ross Kelly

Saint Paul’s Letter to the Misogynists of Catholic Twitter | Mary Pezzulo

At the end of last week, there was a kerfuffle on Twitter, when some Catholic traditionalist men who take themselves very seriously tried to claim that it […]

Source: Saint Paul’s Letter to the Misogynists of Catholic Twitter | Mary Pezzulo

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 by James Ross Kelly

Girl power: Vatican ‘hid art that showed female priests’ – Independent.ie

Lateran Baptistery1 There is “overwhelming evidence” that women served as clergy in the early years of Christianity – and some of the evidence was deliberately hidden by the Vatican, according to ground-br

Source: Girl power: Vatican ‘hid art that showed female priests’ – Independent.ie

May 25, 2019 by James Ross Kelly

California’s Church Sex Abuse Victims Fund

Fill out a form to Register, or call 1-800-791-5314.

Source: California’s Church Sex Abuse Victims Fund

April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 by James Ross Kelly

Why Are We so Moved by the Plight of the Notre Dame? | The Conversation

Scrolling through news of the Notre Dame fire on social media feeds was like watching a real-time archive of grief. Why do some heritage places elicit more […]