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Oklahoma Supreme Court Considers Arguments Over Catholic Charter School - Oklahoma Watch
https://oklahomawatch.org/2024/04/02/oklahoma-supreme-court-considers-arguments-over-catholic-charter-school/

Oklahoma Supreme Court Considers Arguments Over Catholic Charter School
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday morning heard oral arguments in the case against St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. The school is testing the bounds of the separation of church and state.

'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways
https://religionnews.com/2024/05/01/a-step-back-in-time-americas-catholic-church-sees-an-immense-shift…

'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Generations of Catholics who embraced the modernizing tide sparked in the 1960s by Vatican II are increasingly giving way to religious conservatives who believe the church has been twisted by change,

Since it's Easter, let's talk of Gregorian calendar. The calendar was introduced by pope Gregory XIII in 1582, replacing the earlier Julian calendar. It seems like quite a progressive move from such a conservative establishment as the catholic church. However, we should consider two facts.
Firstly, the primary motivation for the calendar reform were… issues with computing Easter date. So it wasn't really about doing something for the sake of science, but rather using science for theological purposes. Would the church undergo a calendar reform if not Easter? In fact, wouldn't it even explicitly oppose any civil reform attempt?
Secondly, the religious character of the change meant conflict with other churches. Perhaps the catholic church was in the best position to enforce a calendar reform throughout much of Europe. Nevertheless, the adoption took a few centuries. Notably, Great Britain resisted until 1752, and Moscow until 1918. And the orthodox church still uses Julian calendar internally.
I'm not claiming that civil rulers were in any better position to introduce a calendar reform. In fact, I don't even know if they would have any motivation to do so. Nevertheless (yep, I love that word), I find it hard to consider the calendar reform as a progressive move — rather as something good that was made for the wrong reasons.

When do we reach the point of saying the Catholic Church is irredeemable, and just outlaw its very existence? https://mastodon.sdf.org/@fmhilton/112365560631639267

Petition the Pope: Return church lands to Indigenous hands.
#LandBack #NativeAmerican
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Petition the Pope: Return Church Lands to Indigenous Hands
From the Doctrine of Discovery through the boarding school era, colonialism = genocide. The Catholic Church should make reparations. Tell the pope: return sacred lands back to Indigenous hands.

New Orleans archdiocese is target of child sex-trafficking inquiry, officials say | New Orleans | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/30/new-orleans-catholic-church-child-sex-trafficking-investig…

Well...a lot of them are Catholics, and the Catholic Church seems to do a lot of talking about the Almighty, so there's that...
Tuberville: Secure the border because immigrants 'know nothing about God' - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/tuberville-266740

Tuberville: Secure the border because immigrants 'know nothing about God'
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville says America must put God back into the country and the government, and right now the government isn’t honoring our “Judo” Christian values. The Alabama freshman Republican, a Christian nationalist, also says God cannot be put back into this nation currently because imm...

#Pope #Francis has had more to say about the big political and social issues of the day than many of his predecessors,
and his focus includes not just #climate #change

The Economic Thinking of Pope Francis
His critique of capitalism has incensed some church conservatives.

It’s ok. Nobody needs the Catholic Church. https://mastodon.social/@eurasiareview/112266410125104084

The Catholic Church, Greek Orthodox Church, and almost all of the mainline Protestant churches have statements that say climate change is real, humans are causing it, and we have a responsibility to address this, but the research indicates that's not filtering out—at least not in the US.
#MeSpecial

Given what the Catholic Church did to protect and enable child sex abusers, I really don't care what the Vatican has to say about transgender folks. Groomers? They are over there. *points at Catholic Church*

"An ombudsman's report said more than 200,000 minors had been sexually abused in Spain by Roman Catholic clergy since 1940, numbers the church disputes."
Spain pushes Catholic Church to compensate abuse victims | Courthouse News Service
https://www.co…

Jesuits in US bolster outreach initiative aimed at encouraging LGBTQ Catholics
https://apnews.com/article/lgbtq-catholics-outreach-jesuits-pope-francis-8756a79c5fd0323cd019990f6655b749

Jesuits in US bolster outreach initiative aimed at encouraging LGBTQ+ Catholics
Catholic dogma continues to repudiate same-sex marriage and gender transition. Yet one of the most prominent religious orders in the United States — the Jesuits — is strengthening a unique program of outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics. The initiative — fittingly called Outreach — was founded two years ago by James Martin, a Jesuit priest, He is one of the country’s most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the church. Since then, Outreach has sponsored conferences and launche…

Nearly 500 victims of church sex abuse in France have received financial compensation
https://religionnews.com/2024/03/15/nearly-500-victims-of-church-sex-abuse-in-france-have-received-financial-compensatio…

Nearly 500 victims of church sex abuse in France have received financial compensation
NICE, France (AP) — The report described a “systemic” coverup by church officials and urged the French Catholic Church to respect the rule of law in France.

Will Sommer on Twitter: "A virulently anti-gay site popular with Marjorie Taylor Greene and Steve Bannon is in turmoil after its founder was caught sending shirtless workout pictures to male staffers. https://t.co/J801fl5k1F"

He led an anti-gay Catholic site. Staffers say he sent them racy selfies.
At Church Militant, Michael Voris accused liberal Catholics of being gay, before resigning over morality concerns. Staffers now say he shared shirtless photos.

She was known as a leading advocate for other transgender people, as well as sex workers and people with HIV. Odd how people who worship Jesus forget that he embraced those that society shunned, too...
New York Archdiocese denounces transgender activist's funeral held at St. Patrick's Cathedral | AP News

New York Archdiocese denounces transgender activist's funeral, holds Mass of Reparation
The funeral of a renowned transgender activist in a New York cathedral elicited a denunciation of the event by a senior church official, who called the mass a scandal within one of the preeminent houses of worship in U.S. Catholicism. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York condemned the funeral of Cecilia Gentili in Manhattan's St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday. Gentili, who died on Feb. 6 at age 52, was known as a leading advocate for transgender people, sex workers and people with HIV…

The Catholic Church is opposed to IVF, btw, in case you want to know how Alabama got the idea that frozen embryos are 'children'.

Vatican document: Transgender Catholics say it shows no understanding of their lives | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/religion-catholic-lgbtq-transgender-gender-theory-e36e68a6bfabb33729d0d3f53230bafe

Transgender Catholics say new Vatican document shows no understanding of their lives
Transgender Catholics are voicing disappointment with a new Vatican document rejecting the fundamental concept of changing one’s biological sex. In essence, it’s a restatement of longstanding Catholic teaching. But the dismay was heightened because recent moves by Pope Francis had encouraged some trans Catholics to hope the church might become more accepting. Maxwell Kuzma, a Catholic transgender man from Ohio, said he was grateful for the pope’s personal outreach. But Kuzma said the new …