Poetry NewsNov 12, 2023

Pope cancels bishop
Critic of conservative views
Peace in church returns

#popefrancis #uscatholic #bishopstrickland #haiku #poetry

https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-francis-dismisses-conservative-us-bishop-strickland-2023-11-11/

In very rare move, Pope dismisses conservative US bishop Strickland

Pope Francis has dismissed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, one of his fiercest critics among U.S. Roman Catholic conservatives, a Vatican statement said on Saturday.

Reuters
Etta T.Dec 5, 2022

RT U.S. Catholic
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202212/language-about-lgbtq-people-has-moral-consequences/

"Silence from Catholic leaders in the wake of attacks like the Club Q shooting reveals a failure to recognize the role of Christians in degrading and dehumanizing LGBTQ people. Reiteration of LGBTQ identities as inherently disordered, unnatural, or evil—even when cloaked in words that seek to console the victims but not “condone” their “lifestyles”—justifies and reinforces the attitudes of homophobia and transphobia that inspire and fuel assaults on the LGBTQ community in general. No words, inhospitable words, even critical words for those eager to condemn and cast stones at others: All these approaches ignore the warm words of Jesus Christ for the stranger, the poor, and the outcast and his questioning."

#Catholic #USCatholic #ClubQStrong

Language about LGBTQ people has moral consequences

Dehumanizing rhetoric is an assault on human dignity, and contrary to the gospel.

U.S. Catholic
bs2Jun 13, 2022
> Coercion isn’t “openness to life.” My difficult and often traumatic upbringing was not “being open to life.” What would truly be open to life would be to trust that the everyday, ordinary miracle of a woman hoping for a child, giving birth, and loving a child will continue to happen. Don’t insult the beauty of this miracle by attempts at manipulation and coercion..
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202206/what-does-it-really-mean-to-value-mothers/
#USCatholic #CaltholicChurch #Mothers #Abortion #RoeVWade #uspol
What does it really mean to value mothers?

What many mothers need from our communities is not coercion but trust in the courage of women and in the mercy of God.

U.S. Catholic