Jesuits in US bolster outreach initiative aimed at encouraging LGBTQ+ Catholics
New York, US AP Even as Catholic dogma continues to repudiate same-sex marriage and gender transition, one of the most prominent religious orders in the United States – the Jesuits – is strengthening a unique outreach program for LGBTQ+ Catholics. The initiative – fittingly called Outreach – was founded two years ago by Rev James […]
Lag in slavery reparations from US Jesuits irks descendants
United StatesAP Last year, the US branch of the Jesuits pledged to raise $US100 million for a reconciliation initiative in partnership with descendants of people once enslaved by the Catholic order. On Tuesday, a leader of those descendants expressed deep dissatisfaction with the order’s lack of progress since then. Joseph Stewart, in a publicly released letter to […]
Church schools: First Pope, now US churches face boarding school reckoning
PETER SMITH, of Associated Press, reports on how US churches are preparing for the handing down of a report looking at the loss of life and the enduring traumas of the US boarding school system…
Essay: How to make our politics better – Pray first, says a Jesuit guide
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published by Religion News Service, looks at the approach taken in a new Jesuit guide for voters in the lead-up to the US election which highlights the Ignatian values of “detachment, discernment and concern for the poor”…