William Lindsey

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3425 )

• Addendum to McCloskey Story: Opus Dei Priest Speaks Out: "He Was Around for a...

  

  More is coming out now about the McCloskey story. A few minutes ago, Michelle Boorstein tweeted out a link to a new Washington Post article entitled "In... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Opus Dei Reveals It Paid Nearly $1 Million to Settle Suit Vs. D.C. Superstar...

  

  One of today's big stories: Opus Dei has revealed that it paid nearly $1 million in 2005 to settle a sexual misconduct lawsuit filed against the superstar Opus... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Commentary Re: Religious Issues, Hot Off Press: Catholic Abuse, Evangelicals &...

  

  "Whom Would Jesus Shoot?," Karen FioritoFrom the graphic above through the tweets and article excerpts below, some valuable commentary on a wide range of matter... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As U.S. Bishops (Some of Them) Pray Together, Twitter Comments: "Through It...

  Demonstrators lined up outside a Catholic bishops' retreat in suburban Mundelein to protest church officials’ handling of sexual abuse allegations.... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Tweets About the Bishops' Retreat: "Secrecy, Hypocrisy, and an Arrogant Refusal...

  Things are likely to be tense when the US Catholic bishops meet at their closed-door retreat near Chicago this week. The credibility of the president of the U.S. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• U.S. Catholic Bishops Meet for Prayer-and-Repentance Confab: Some Valuable...

  DiNardo, who is credibly accused of declining to report abuse in his own diocese, is currently US Bishops president. @pontifex’s entire effort means nothing... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Garry Wills on How Celibacy Is Not the Cause of the Sex-Abuse Crisis — The...

  

  Responding to a prediction by Father Tom Reese that the Catholic church will begin relaxing its celibacy requirement for priests this year, I wrote, There are... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Father Tom Reese's Prediction for 2019: Catholic Church Will Loosen Celibacy...

  

  The series that Religion News Service is now running with predictions of what will happen in the world of religion in 2019 from various religion gurus in the... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• End of Year Takes & Hot New Year Takes on Religion in American Politics &...

  

  Lisa Sharon Harper via Eliza Griswold, "Evangelicals of Color Fight Back Against the Religious Right""They're more white than Christian. Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Michael Sean Winters Asks, "Can the Church Round the Corner in 2019?": My...

  

  "Can the church round the corner in 2019?" Michael Sean Winters asks in an end-of-year reflection published today. I consider that question, and have to admit: ... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Family Funerals, Immigrant-Bashing, and the Weaponization of American...

  At a Catholic funeral for a parent, is it normal or usual to print at the bottom of the funeral program that anyone not in communion with the Roman church is no... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Christmas Story

  

  Since Christmas is a time for telling ourselves stories….The Christmas story is one we have to make way for against all odds.The odds are that the rich will tur... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Calling the Bluff of Those Who Maintain That Roots of Southern White Evangelical...

  

  I'm not a white evangelical now, but I was raised in the Southern Baptist church, with two Baptist grandmothers (one Southern and one Missionary) — so I know... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Father Prado on Pope Francis: Wants to Deny Access to Priesthood to Gays...

  

  Father Fernando Prado, author of the book The Strength of Vocation, in which he interviews Pope Francis and gets the pope on record "worrying" about gay... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Headlines to Read Side by Side: Pope Tells Abusive Priests to Turn Themselves...

  

  Bill Chappell, "Pope Francis Tells Abusive Priests And Bishops To Turn Themselves In"Michael Grabell, Topher Sanders, and Silvina Sterin Pensel, "Police Are... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Death of 7-Year-Old Girl in U.S. Custody, a Family Funeral, and the...

  

  Sometimes I follow threads in Catholic discussions on Twitter down rabbit holes. I know I shouldn't do this, because the holes inevitably turn out to be dark,... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Putting Christ Back Into Christmas: The Death of Jakelin Ameí Rosmery Caal Maquin

  

  The photo of 7-year-old Jakelin Ameí Rosmery Caal Maquin, who died in custody of U.S. Border Patrol this week, was supplied by her family to news media, and... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As Polling Data from 2018 Elections Shows Quite Specifically White Evangelicals...

  This is a genius piece from @RonBrownstein. The Trump/GOP base isn't whites. It's white evangelicals. https://t.co/d4ityAc4yR pic.twitter. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Why Blaming Gay Priests for Catholic Abuse Situation Will Not Help Anything (Plu...

  

  I had decided as I posted my posting two days ago with an assortment of reports about the sexual abuse of vulnerable people in Christian churches that I'd do a... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Abuse of Vulnerable People and Churches: Recent Reports, from Baptists to Nuns...

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  Posted on 10 December 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY