Tag: Catholic Church
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An Open Letter to Priests at a Time of Scandal in the Church
Having spent a week in Rome, I’m moved over and over again by my encounters with holy priests. (Yes, they exist!) To all my priest friends whom I look up to as fathers and older brothers, please know there is someone who prays for you specially – little me. I have no words to tell […]
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On Cassocks and Conduct and Modernizing the Church
by The Former Sapphist. A continuation of a series, until the lewd #metroseminarian poster is removed. It has been about a week since I published my displeasure with the controversial metro seminarian photo. Much has happened since. People were throwing ad hominems from both sides — friends of the seminarians, friends of the laity, friends of […]
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Musings on a First Friday mass
by The Former Sapphist. A transgendered woman who’s well in his 60s sat about five rows in front of me. His broad shoulders, drooping, showed how much weight he carried. In another seat, a man crouched and sobbed like a boy who skinned his knees. He buried his face in his palms while beside him […]