A retired nun believ the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence perform Christ-like servic, while a gay Catholic fds the Sisters' actns offensive.
Contents:
- LETTERS TO THE EDOR: A NUN, A GAY CATHOLIC AND OTHER CHRISTIANS ON THE SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE
- 80 PERCENT OF PRITS THE VATIN ARE GAY: NEW BOOK
- ‘IT IS NOT A CLOSET. IT IS A CAGE.’ GAY CATHOLIC PRITS SPEAK OUT
- GAY PRITS, SECRET RUL AND THE ABE OF NUNS: SOME OF THE VATIN CONTROVERSI AS BISHOPS MEET
LETTERS TO THE EDOR: A NUN, A GAY CATHOLIC AND OTHER CHRISTIANS ON THE SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE
For this reason, homosexual acts are nsired a s and people wh homosexual tennci are emed “trsilly disorred. Sister Mary Kay Hunyady, of the Relig of the Sacred Heart of J, told RNS she also stggled wh the Catholic Church’s posn on homosexualy, pecially as she worked on a dissertatn on LGBTQ relig sisters. ” on the subject of homosexual prits, to his public acts and words of chary toward the LGBTQ muny, Francis is attemptg to “crack open that door and let the light , ” the sisters said.
80 PERCENT OF PRITS THE VATIN ARE GAY: NEW BOOK
As a gay Catholic man, I do not agree wh the group’s disrpectful and hurtful humor. The anizatn, scribed on s webse as a “leadg-edge Orr of queer and trans nuns, ” emerged as a chary anizatn when one of s early events at Metropolan Communy Church raised $1, 500 for gay Cuban refuge 1980.
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‘IT IS NOT A CLOSET. IT IS A CAGE.’ GAY CATHOLIC PRITS SPEAK OUT
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GAY PRITS, SECRET RUL AND THE ABE OF NUNS: SOME OF THE VATIN CONTROVERSI AS BISHOPS MEET
But 2003, the church stcted Catholic policians to actively oppose laws regnizg gay unns, llg those seekg them “praved. I wrote him a private letter challengg his homophobia by scribg my relatnship wh my betiful Peg.
He said he’d felt isolated as a gay Catholic and wept at my letter a newspaper, which ma him feel ls alone.