William Lindsey

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• Project for New Year: Jason Berry on Pope Francis and the "Core Question" of...

  

  Jason Berry, "How Pope Francis Took 2013 by Storm," Globalpost:With breathtaking rhetoric, like his powerful statement last month against rising income... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A New Year's Offering from My Quotation Log, Over the Years

  

  A new year's offering to all of you: these are snippets from books I've read over the years, and have recorded in a quotation log. Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Prediction for 2014: Increasing Attempts to Undercut Pope Francis's...

  

  The mainstream media love to play the centrist (which is to say, right-wing-in-disguise) game of pretending that Catholic teaching about doctrinal or moral... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Year Turns: Happy New Year to All, with Hopes That We May Meet One Another...

  

  In previous years as the year turns, I've posted commentary on the turning of the year written by my uncle several generations back, Wilson Richard Bachelor,... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Travel Report from Rome: Impressions of St. Peter's, the Sistine Chapel, and...

  

  Another excerpt from my travel diary--this one reflecting on our tour of the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's, for which we had an outstanding... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Our Pilgrimage to Assisi and Rome Summed Up

  

  So, all things considered, a very interesting pilgrimage: 1. There was the experience at the convent guesthouse in Florence, which, to my way of thinking,... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Leaving Rome, I Encounter an Important U.S. Catholic Journalist and Am...

  

  Steve and I are sitting in the Rome airport waiting for our flight to Atlanta. A fascinating experience as we checked in this morning for our flight: we... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Two Questions Worth Pondering: What Are We Inviting Them To? and Is Attending...

  

  Bill McGarvey on post-clerical Catholics:Those of us who hope that Pope Francis’ popularity will inspire a younger generation to enter our doors or lapsed... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Quick News Commentary: Phil Robertson and "Duck Dynasty," New Ways Ministry on...

  

  Some very brief remarks about the recent controversy regarding the deplorable homophobic statements of "Duck Dynasty" t.v. star Phil Robertson: here's a list... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Travel Report from Rome (With Thanks for Your Responses to My Florence and...

  

  I haven't had much to say here in the past several days, because Rome is so overwhelming with all that it has to offer that I haven't had time or energy,... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sarah Posner in Al Jazeera America: "As Lindsay Pointed Out, There Are Other...

  

  Sarah Posner, Al Jazeera America, "Pope Francis a Rock Star Among Catholics on Inequality, But . . .":When William Lindsay was a theology professor at a Catholi... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Travel Report from Assisi: Francis, Where Are You?

  

  Assisi was beautiful. The entire time we were there, it was shrouded in thick fog, turning the place magical, as the outlines of shops selling tacky tourist... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Travel Report About Our Arrival in Florence

  

  We're now in Rome. Arrived by train from Assisi this afternoon, and I have internet capability for the nonce, after several days without it. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Travel Report as We Leave Bolzano for Florence

  

  Dear Readers,A travel report: we made it safely to our first destination, Bolzano, on Sunday--or was it Monday? The days blur when you are in a jet over the... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Christmas Pilgrimage: With Best Wishes to All of You for the Holidays

  

  Dear Readers,I'm typing this posting as Steve and I prepare to leave for the airport. We're heading off today on a Christmas trip to Italy, which became possibl... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pope Francis, Anti-Gay Clobber Texts, and Hope: An Advent Meditation

  

  Advent's my season, in some ways. As a gay Catholic who hopes and believes that my church might eventually decide to treat me and others like me with basic huma... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Quote for Day: "It Is Still Globally the Case – and Pope Francis Is Well Aware...

  

  Once again: we cannot talk credibly about poverty and overcoming the exclusion produced by unjust socioeconomic structures without talking specifically about... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Why Pope Francis Is an Important Figure in Progressive Politics

  

  Sonali Kolhatkar on what makes Pope Francis an important figure in progressive politics:Ultimately, what makes the pope an important figure in progressive... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Peter Montgomery on Gay Rights Around the Planet: Whiplash-Producing Developments

  

  For those trying to follow the rapid (and whiplash-producing) developments in the field of LGBTI rights at a global level, Peter Montgomery offers a great... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Gospel and More Gospel: When the Gospel of Jesus (and Pope Francis) Meets the...

  

  Pope Francis says,We have created a "throw away" culture which is now spreading. It is no longer simply about exploitation and oppression, but something new. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY