orthodoxy

We Have No Buddha

I have a new defense for all those self-proclaimed orthodox bloggers who might criticize Saint Anthony Shrine for being welcoming of gay and lesbian Catholics:

At least we don’t have a Buddha.

It seems that down in Australia, a bishop there has issued a warning to a “renegade” parish “where women can preach, homosexual couples can be blessed and social justice is championed.” It seems the church is “operating outside practices and policies acceptable to the Roman Catholic Church.” (God forbid the Church should champion social justice.) The bishop concluded that whatever good the parish might be doing, it is decidedly not Catholic. (The crisis was, of course, precipitated by a person not a member of the parish who came in and took surreptitious photographs – yet another Catholic snitch on a self-appointed crusade to purify the Church. If you’re worried about impurities, my friends, try Lysol.)

More Neoconservative Hogwash on Faith

This article orginally appeared at Talk to Action.

A segment on Tucker Carlson's cable television show caught the attention of several Institute for Progressive Christianity members, including me. Carlson's guest was Weekly Standard senior editor Andrew Ferguson.

Mr. Brooks and the "Quasi-Religious."

This article originally appeared at Talk to Action.

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