Pope Benedict
Pope Francis Paves the Way for Same-Sex Catholic Blessings
Catholic priests will no longer be barred from blessing same-sex relationships after a Dec. 18 announcement from the Vatican on behalf of Pope Francis. [...]Read more about Pope Francis Paves the Way for Same-Sex Catholic Blessings
Parting Glances: When in Rome ... Slam Doors
One of Rome's more prolific male escorts — who goes by the name of Francesco Mangiacapra, and the nickname Mangi-Me-I-Mangi-you — decided recently to give the [...]Read more about Parting Glances: When in Rome ... Slam Doors
Irish Prime Minister Raises LGBTI Issues During Papal Visit
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar raised LGBTI-specific issues during Pope Francis' two-day visit to the country.Varadkar, who is openly gay, on Saturday [...]Read more about Irish Prime Minister Raises LGBTI Issues During Papal Visit
Parting Glances Best of Sr. Scatterpin (2 of 3)
I had a tarot reading last Sunday by a psychic friend of Sr. Serena Scatterpin. "She's a marvel and a looker," was Sister's intro. "If just a tad off her [...]Read more about Parting Glances Best of Sr. Scatterpin (2 of 3)
A hero retires
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman DETROIT – After a year of "discussion," Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, an internationally-known human rights activist and champion of reform [...]Read more about A hero retires
Anti-gay Cardinal Ratzinger becomes Pope Benedict XVI
By Bob Roehr The College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church selected German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as pope April 19. He chose the name of Benedict [...]Read more about Anti-gay Cardinal Ratzinger becomes Pope Benedict XVI
Habemus Papam
By John Corvino Although some people would describe me as a fallen Catholic, they're wrong: I didn't fall; I leapt. Still, after John Paul II's death, I [...]Read more about Habemus Papam
BREAKING: Jeffrey Montgomery, Triangle Foundation Founder, Has Died
Jeff Montgomery and his brother walking in the 2016 Detroit Pride Parade. BTL Photo: AJ Trager Jeffrey Montgomery, founder of the Triangle Foundation – the [...]Read more about BREAKING: Jeffrey Montgomery, Triangle Foundation Founder, Has Died
Why I'm Not Feeling Pope Francis' US Visit
I am no papal hater. I recognize that a lot of who I am, both good and bad, comes from my Catholic upbringing. My father came from a family with strong Baptist [...]Read more about Why I'm Not Feeling Pope Francis' US Visit
Transmissions: A Papal Confrontation
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Pope Francis recently released an encyclical — a letter the pontiff sends to all the Roman Catholic Church's bishops — addressing [...]Read more about Transmissions: A Papal Confrontation
Parting Glances: Pox Vobiscum $$$$
It was a year ago last week that Pope Benedict XVI resigned from Holy Office to spend his last days in prayer and contemplation. Some say not a moment too [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Pox Vobiscum $$$$
Thomas John Paprocki
Creep Of The Week What a wonderful day for an exorcism! On Nov. 20 in Springfield, Illinois, Gov. Pat Quinn will sign the bill to legalize marriage for [...]Read more about Thomas John Paprocki
Reactions To The Pope's Gay Lobby
"You wouldn't last a minute on K Street; the Karl Roves of the capital would have you for lunch. Despite your presence in, and presumed influence on, the upper [...]Read more about Reactions To The Pope's Gay Lobby
LGBT Catholics React to Pope's Resignation
by Chuck Colbert Pope Benedict XVI. Photo: Mimmo Ferraro In a decision that surprised, if not shocked the one billion Roman Catholics worldwide, Pope Benedict [...]Read more about LGBT Catholics React to Pope's Resignation
Pope Benedict XVI
Creep of the Week There are a lot of things that threaten world peace: The ready availability of assault rifles. The Military Industrial Complex. Terrorism. [...]Read more about Pope Benedict XVI
Parenting, religion and remembering Adrienne Rich
Compiled by Howard Israel S/he Said "The idea that I would be immediately disappointed/angry/suicidal that my son identifies as gay offends me, both as a [...]Read more about Parenting, religion and remembering Adrienne Rich
Creep of the Week: Pope Benedict XVI
You know, whenever I'm in the market for marriage advice, the only person I trust is an unmarried guy in a dress. It also helps if he was also once a Hitler [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Pope Benedict XVI
Church leaders blast same-sex marriage
By Chuck Colbert Keen News Service A group of nearly 40 conservative religious leaders released an open letter this month (January 12) that seeks to reframe [...]Read more about Church leaders blast same-sex marriage
Kiss and sell
by Leslie Robinson General Gayety Diplomacy suddenly got a whole lot friendlier. Leaders of nations and leaders of faiths, instead of shaking hands, are [...]Read more about Kiss and sell
Stations' turns passion into spectacle
By Bridgette M. Redman The story of Christ's passion has been dubbed "the greatest story ever told" for many reasons. For Christians, it is the crux of their [...]Read more about Stations' turns passion into spectacle
Marriage, child rearing
"As a young boy my room was plastered with photos of bodybuilders. Naked, oiled male bodies. That got my mother so concerned, she asked our family doctor one [...]Read more about Marriage, child rearing
Viewpoint: Pope on Condoms: Half Right Church, Still Wrong Pew
Hello, I'm Michelle and I'm a recovering Catholic. I usually don't out myself as a Catholic unless it's for shock value or an excuse to get out of contentious [...]Read more about Viewpoint: Pope on Condoms: Half Right Church, Still Wrong Pew
She/He Said: GOP and the gays, Pope kisses, Melissa
compiled by Howard Israel "Gay men, lesbians and bisexuals who self-identified to exit pollsters made up 3 percent of those casting ballots in House races on [...]Read more about She/He Said: GOP and the gays, Pope kisses, Melissa
Gays, others protest pope in London
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs As many as 20,000 LGBT people and others protested Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to Britain on Sept. 18 in [...]Read more about Gays, others protest pope in London
Parting Glances: Who's behind the Times?
Time magazine's cover a week ago must have fascinated Bible fundamentalist readers of the "Left Behind," $60 million grossing, "end times" religious sci-fi [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Who's behind the Times?
Pope criticizes gay marriage in Portugal
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Pope Benedict XVI denounced gay marriage May 13 in Portugal, which soon will become the 10th nation where same-sex [...]Read more about Pope criticizes gay marriage in Portugal
S/he said: Census, Uganda and Ewan McGregor
compiled by Howard Israel "The initial anti-marriage activists, indeed the folks who brought out-of-state Mormons in on the fight, were members of the [...]Read more about S/he said: Census, Uganda and Ewan McGregor
British gays say pope must resign
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs About 50 protesters, including members of the gay group OutRage!, demonstrated outside London's Westminster Cathedral [...]Read more about British gays say pope must resign
Parting Glances: I'll be mooning you eternally
Sr. Serena Scatterpin, Renegade Sisters of Mary, cajoled me into seeing "Angels and Demons" with her. "My child, a little box office cinematic penance is good [...]Read more about Parting Glances: I'll be mooning you eternally
Dignity Confronts the Pope
by Bob Roehr Gay and lesbian Catholics were among those who flocked to events during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States, but there were few smiles [...]Read more about Dignity Confronts the Pope
Int'l AIDS Society blasts pope
by Rex Wockner Pope Benedict XVI's first-ever remarks on condom use were irresponsible, dangerous, ignorant, outrageous and insulting, officials of the [...]Read more about Int'l AIDS Society blasts pope
Pope Benedict XVI
You know what Africans love? AIDS. Getting it, spreading it – doesn't matter. It's their favorite thing. I mean, it must be, right? Because why else would the [...]Read more about Pope Benedict XVI
Case of The Missing Cardinal
As Sherlock Holmes once said to his lifetime partner Dr. John Watson, "John Old Topper, there's a mystery afoot about the whereabouts of the body of our [...]Read more about Case of The Missing Cardinal
Comic who blasted pope won't be prosecuted
by Rex Wockner International News Famous Italian comic Sabina Guzzanti will not be prosecuted for saying in July that Pope Benedict XVI will go to hell for [...]Read more about Comic who blasted pope won't be prosecuted
Like oil and Holy Water
by Leslie Robinson General Gayety Here's the sort of math I understand: Pope Benedict XVI + gays = a hoo-hah. Europe offers two recent examples of how [...]Read more about Like oil and Holy Water
ACT UP/Paris protests pope's visit
by Rex Wockner International News ACT UP/Paris demonstrated at Paris' famous Sacre-Coeur church Sept. 13 as Pope Benedict XVI staged a mass for more than a [...]Read more about ACT UP/Paris protests pope's visit
Parting Glances: The BVM strikes again
I had a tarot reading last Sunday by a psychic friend of Sr. Serena Scatterpin. "She's a marvel and a looker," was Sister's intro. "If just a tad off her [...]Read more about Parting Glances: The BVM strikes again
Parting Glances: Sister Absentia speaks!
Beloved Readers: My friend Charles who writes this column and has done so faithfully for eight memorable years — with uplifting insights tempered with [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Sister Absentia speaks!
Parting Glances: Take me to your lederhosen
It's no secret that Pope Benedict XVI as teenager Joseph Alois Ratzinger was a Hitler Youth member. Born in 1927 (April 16th, if you care enough to send the [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Take me to your lederhosen
International briefs
Mexican state passes civil-union law The Mexican state of Coahuila, which borders Texas, passed a civil-union law for same-sex couples Jan. 11. The state [...]Read more about International briefs
Parting Glances: Sister goes Bio-degradable
(Yawn) I've just finished staying up all night reading Sr. Serena Scatterpin's autobiography (with candid Polaroids, frank diary entries, diagrammed venial and [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Sister goes Bio-degradable
Suffer little children New documentary exposes pedophilia in Catholic Church
"Deliver Us From Evil" Now playing Maple Art Theatre, Bloomfield Hills Pedophilia in the Catholic Church is not news. Sure, the clergy abuse scandals dominated [...]Read more about Suffer little children New documentary exposes pedophilia in Catholic Church
The Gay Moralist: The Pope's impotent argument
By John Corvino Last week Pope Benedict spoke out against gay marriage and civil unions. "Only the rock of total and irrevocable love between a man and a woman [...]Read more about The Gay Moralist: The Pope's impotent argument
Parting Glances: Swiss Guard buttons
Beloved friends! I bring you greetings from good Sr. Serena Scatterpin, Renegade Sisters of Mary, who's just returning from a fabulous Q-Line Cruise of the [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Swiss Guard buttons
Catholic group: no adoptions to gays
By Lisa Keen BOSTON – In yet another confrontation between religious organizations and laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, an [...]Read more about Catholic group: no adoptions to gays
Oxymoron: academic freedom at Notre Dame?
By Malcolm Lazin I am the Executive Producer of "Saint of 9/11," a documentary about Father Mychal Judge, Chaplain, FDNY. Father Judge was a gay priest who [...]Read more about Oxymoron: academic freedom at Notre Dame?
