Essay: Catholic bishops punt again on ‘Faithful Citizenship’, reflecting divisions on politics
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says nothing said at last week’s Catholic bishops’ meeting indicated that they know how to deal with the post-Dobbs, post-election reality other than to say, ‘more of the same’…
Vatican puts brakes on progressive German Catholic movement
Vatican City Reuters The Vatican on Thursday slammed the brakes on a German progressive movement that aims to give lay Catholics a say in doctrinal matters such as homosexuality and women priests, saying this risked causing a schism in the universal Church. A short but stern statement said the so-called “Synodal Path” could not assume […]
German Catholics to bless gay unions despite Vatican ban
Berlin, GermanyAP Germany’s powerful Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offering such blessings at services in about 100 different churches all over the country this week. The blessings at open worship services are the latest pushback from German Catholics against a document released in […]
Progressive United Methodists announce new denomination: Liberation Methodist Connexion
RNS A group of progressive United Methodists announced on Sunday they are forming a new Methodist denomination, the Liberation Methodist Connexion, or LMX. For half a century, the United Methodist Church has debated the full inclusion of its LGBTQ members. It pushed any discussion of sexuality from its quadrennial General Conference meeting in 2016 to a […]
ESSAY: WHY THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH’S PLAN FOR SEPARATION IS GOOD FOR EVERYONE
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev CAROLYN MOORE, founding pastor of Mosaic Church in Evans, Georgia, and the vice-chairwoman of the Wesleyan Covenant Association, writes about why she’s hopeful about the latest plan for separation of the UMC…
THE INTERVIEW: JEWISH MEDIATOR KENNETH FEINBERG ON WHY HE WANTS TO SAVE THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, speaks with Kenneth Feinberg who was among those mediating negotiations last year which led to a proposal to split the global denomination…