There are many celibate nbsp gay Catholic priests in the church today nbsp And let me emphasize since nbsp that last statement nbsp is nbsp usually misunderstood I m speaking about celibate gay priests nbsp These are validly ordained nbsp homosexual men who lead celibate nbsp lives

Sr Simone Campbell of the Sisters of Social Justice and executive director of Network a Catholic social justice group mixes it up with the self-described most famous Catholic in America talking about women religious the Gospel her Nuns on teh Bus initiative to focus attention on the poor

A statement from the seven Franciscan OFM Provinces in the United States in support of the Leadership Conference of nbsp Women Religious has been released nbsp This is the first men s religious order nbsp publicly declare their solidarity with the LCWR and also to critique the Vatican s Doctrina

We grow worried and concerned and bothered and angry and sometimes scandalized because your divine institution, our home, is filled with human beings who are sinful. Just like me.

I am delighted to share this press release with you just approved by our Board of Directors in today s meeting nbsp nbsp Matt Malone SJ Appointed Editor-in-Chief of America Magazine Youngest Editor-in-Chief in Publication rsquo s History nbsp to Lead Nation rsquo s Only Catholic Weekly Magazi

One of the most respected Catholic theologians in the United States has been nbsp severely critiqued by the Vatican for one her most recent books nbsp Margaret A Farley RSM who teaches moral theology at Yale Divinity School and has served as a mentor for generations of Catholic theologians ha

The USCCB has sent us the text of Archbishop Peter Sartain s response to the LCWR s statement this morning Archbishop Peter Sartain June 1 2012 Response to LCWR statement of this morning Both the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and I are wholeheartedly committed to dealing with the

The LCWR has responded to the Congregation nbsp for the Doctrine of the Faith s Doctrinal Assessment of their group nbsp In this initial statement the nbsp LCWR nbsp expresses nbsp its nbsp clear and I would say strong disagreement with both the nbsp Vatican s nbsp accusations and the way that

This morning I spoke on the popular nbsp hour-long Radio Times show on WHYY the NPR affiliate in Philadelphia with Marty Moss-Coane nbsp The topic was the Vatican s investigation of the LCWR nbsp Notable was not only the length of the show which afforded the opportunity for an in-depth discu

Sister Mary Johnson SND de Namur is a nbsp professor of sociology at Emmanuel College in Boston and a member of the Center for Applied nbsp Research on the Apostolate in Georgetown nbsp She joined me on nbsp The Brian Lehrer Show on nbsp New York City s public radio station WNYC nbsp for a