ESSAY: POPE FRANCIS FIRMS UP HIS LEGACY WITH APPOINTMENT OF NEW CARDINALS
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how Pope Francis is reshaping the Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals…
Explainer – Why are US Catholic schools firing gay teachers – and how can one refuse?
RNS A pair of schools in Indiana drew national attention to the Catholic Church’s attempts to grapple with LGBTQ relationships this month, highlighting the church’s complex position in a country increasingly welcoming to different sexual identities. The controversy began when it was revealed that the Archdiocese of Indianapolis would strip Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School of its status as […]
US archbishop revokes school’s Catholic designation over refusal to fire gay teacher
RNS The Archbishop of Indianapolis has revoked the Catholic designation of a Jesuit high school in the city after administrators refused to fire a teacher who is married to a same-sex partner. According to a statement released by the archdiocese on Thursday, Archbishop Charles C Thompson has sent a canonical decree to Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory […]