Writes Francis DeBernardo about both the overwhelming Catholic support for marriage equality in Ireland and the latest step in the journey to sainthood for Oscar Romero in El Salvador . . .
Meanwhile, Fred Clark writes of how the U. S. bishops comprise a "culture-war vanguard without an army."
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Singing Their Own Song in Ireland
• Remembering Oscar Romero
• Catholicism's Future is "Up to the Laity"
• Roman Catholicism's Fundamental Problem: The Cultic Priesthood and Its "Diseased System" of Clericalism
• A Clerical Leadership Unresponsive to Voices of Reason
• Re-Forming "the Vatican" Doesn't Mean Destroying the Church
Related Off-site Links:
A Great Day for Irish Lay Catholics! And for Lay Catholics in El Salvador, Too! – Francis DeBernardo (Bondings 2.0, May 23, 2015).
Irish Catholicism Supports Same-Sex Marriage! – Mark Silk (Religion News Service, May 23, 2015).
Ireland’s Social Revolution: Traditionally Catholic Nation Makes History with Marriage Equality Vote – Democracy Now! (May 26, 2015).
Dublin Archbishop: "The Church Needs to Do a Reality Check" – Terence Weldon (Queering the Church, May 23, 2015).
For One Irish Catholic Couple, Backing Gay Marriage Is a Matter of Family Values – Hanna Ingber (The New York Times, May 22, 2015).
Vatican Newspaper Views Catholic Support for Marriage Equality in Ireland as "a Defeat" – AFP via Yahoo! News, May 25, 2015).
Catholic Hierarchy Ponders Future After Same-Sex Marriage Vote in Ireland – Danny Hakim (The New York Times, May 25, 2015).
Oscar Romero, Slain Salvadoran Archbishop, is a Step Closer to Sainthood – Tracy Wilkinson (The Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2015).
300,000 Celebrate Beatification of Salvadoran Archbishop Romero, 35 Years After U.S.-Backed Murder – Democracy Now! (May 26, 2015).
Former Salvadoran Officials Tied to U.S.-Backed Atrocities in 1980s Face Deportation, Extradition – Democracy Now! (April 9, 2015).
Oscar Romero, Saint for Our Times – Pat Marrin (Celebrations, May 2015).
Pope’s Focus on Poor Revives Scorned Theology – Jim Yardley and Simon Romero (The New York Times, May 23, 2015).
Romero Beatification Signals Pope Francis' Plan for Catholic Church – Tracy Wilkinson and Tom Kington (The Los Angeles Times, May 28, 2015).
Oscar Romero Brought a New Pentecost to the Church – Thomas Gumbleton (National Catholic Reporter, May 28, 2015).
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Canonizing Romero – Grant Gallicho (Commonweal, February 11, 2015).
Meanwhile, Fred Clark writes of how the U. S. bishops comprise a "culture-war vanguard without an army."
For Americans accustomed to the politicized culture-warrior bishops of the American Catholic church, it is startling to watch a pervasively Catholic country like Ireland mobilize in such a massive expression of support for the rights and dignity of LGBT people. After three decades of watching our nation’s Catholic bishops scrambling to enlist in the partisan culture-war of the white evangelical religious right, we’ve started to accept the American hierarchy’s claim that their church is, or must be, intrinsically right-wing and anti-gay. The news from Ireland is a reminder that this claim has never been true. The right-wing American hierarchy is a culture-war vanguard without an army.
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Singing Their Own Song in Ireland
• Remembering Oscar Romero
• Catholicism's Future is "Up to the Laity"
• Roman Catholicism's Fundamental Problem: The Cultic Priesthood and Its "Diseased System" of Clericalism
• A Clerical Leadership Unresponsive to Voices of Reason
• Re-Forming "the Vatican" Doesn't Mean Destroying the Church
Related Off-site Links:
A Great Day for Irish Lay Catholics! And for Lay Catholics in El Salvador, Too! – Francis DeBernardo (Bondings 2.0, May 23, 2015).
Irish Catholicism Supports Same-Sex Marriage! – Mark Silk (Religion News Service, May 23, 2015).
Ireland’s Social Revolution: Traditionally Catholic Nation Makes History with Marriage Equality Vote – Democracy Now! (May 26, 2015).
Dublin Archbishop: "The Church Needs to Do a Reality Check" – Terence Weldon (Queering the Church, May 23, 2015).
For One Irish Catholic Couple, Backing Gay Marriage Is a Matter of Family Values – Hanna Ingber (The New York Times, May 22, 2015).
Vatican Newspaper Views Catholic Support for Marriage Equality in Ireland as "a Defeat" – AFP via Yahoo! News, May 25, 2015).
Catholic Hierarchy Ponders Future After Same-Sex Marriage Vote in Ireland – Danny Hakim (The New York Times, May 25, 2015).
Oscar Romero, Slain Salvadoran Archbishop, is a Step Closer to Sainthood – Tracy Wilkinson (The Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2015).
300,000 Celebrate Beatification of Salvadoran Archbishop Romero, 35 Years After U.S.-Backed Murder – Democracy Now! (May 26, 2015).
Former Salvadoran Officials Tied to U.S.-Backed Atrocities in 1980s Face Deportation, Extradition – Democracy Now! (April 9, 2015).
Oscar Romero, Saint for Our Times – Pat Marrin (Celebrations, May 2015).
Pope’s Focus on Poor Revives Scorned Theology – Jim Yardley and Simon Romero (The New York Times, May 23, 2015).
Romero Beatification Signals Pope Francis' Plan for Catholic Church – Tracy Wilkinson and Tom Kington (The Los Angeles Times, May 28, 2015).
Oscar Romero Brought a New Pentecost to the Church – Thomas Gumbleton (National Catholic Reporter, May 28, 2015).
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Canonizing Romero – Grant Gallicho (Commonweal, February 11, 2015).
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