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'Catholic' university hosts pro-abortion theologian who compares Mass to gay sex

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SAN DIEGO, October 25, 2012, ( Cardinal Newman Society )—The University of San Diego (USD) will host a lecture series by a radical theologian from England who not only supports abortion but has used just war theory and the imagery of the Trinity to support killing the unborn, advocated sacramental same-sex marriage, and even compared the sacrifice of the Mass to homosexual intercourse . USD’s  stated mission  includes being “committed to the dignity and fullest development of the whole person.” Just last month, Bishop Declan Lang of the English Diocese of Clifton   cancelled  a lecture by theology professor Tina Beattie , the Director of the Digby Stuart Research Centre for Religion, Society and Human Flourishing at the University of Roehampton in London, because of her radical views. But that isn’t stopping USD’s Center for Catholic Thought and Culture (CCTC) from proudly hosting her as a visiting fellow for the fall semester. Ironically, the University uses the CCTC a

English Catholic congregation shocked as gay activist disrupts Mass with video cam

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ROME, March 15, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A homosexualist activist disrupted a Mass held in a parish in Teignmouth, Devon , with a video camera last week as a priest prepared to read a letter from the country’s bishops conference opposing government efforts to legalize same-sex “marriage.” The incident has prompted concerns that anti-Christian activists are becoming more bold and aggressive as the Church continues to oppose same-sex “marriage.” A video, posted to YouTube , shows the priest hesitating after announcing that the letter would be read out on the request of the bishops conference. The priest, dressed in Mass vestments and standing in the pulpit, faces the camera and asks, “What’s that for?” The activist replies, “Do go on. It’s a record of what you’re about to say.” The priest asks the activist to sit down, but when he hears that the video is to be posted on the internet, declines to read the letter for fear of further disruption. After the priest offers to have th

Boston archdiocese says rescheduled Mass is not celebrating gay pride

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Image via Wikipedia The Archdiocese of Boston has strongly denied that a rescheduled Mass initiated by the Rainbow Ministry of St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church will celebrate gay pride and said that Cardinal Seán O’Malley’s handling of the situation has been unfairly maligned. “I can tell you unequivocally: this Mass is not a celebration of gay pride week , month,” a spokesman for the diocese told LifeSiteNews.com Thursday, echoing a statement issued by Cardinal O’Malley yesterday. In that statement O’Malley had said that the “philosophical and political agenda of Gay Pride in relation to marriage and sexual morality is incompatible with the Church’s teachings. For that reason, [St. Cecilia pastor Rev. John] Unni rescheduled a Mass of welcome for all his parishioners to a time that would not associate the Mass with the Gay Pride agenda.” O’Malley said, “Catholics who have same sex attractions are often criticized by their friends for coming to Mass,” and that those close to such

Retired bishop reposts scathing commentary on Boston gay pride Mass

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Image via Wikipedia Corpus Christi’s outspokenly conservative retired Catholic bishop has re-posted a strong commentary against the scandal surrounding Boston ’s “gay pride” Mass scheduled for next month, in which the author calls it a “travesty” that the archdiocese would countenance the event. Bishop René Henry Gracida on his blog Tuesday posted an article by Joe Sacerdo of the conservative Catholic blog Bryan Hehir Exposed discussing the event originally planned by the Rainbow Ministry of St. Cecilia’s Parish to coincide with Boston’s gay pride month , before it was cancelled by the Archdiocese of Boston .  Gay rights supporters in the parish were only partially mollified when the archdiocese  clarified  that the Mass, themed “All Are Welcome,” was being rescheduled for July 10. The diocese had said it was worried that the original date gave “the unintended impression” that the Mass was meant to celebrate gay pride month.  However, the original statement in the church bullet