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“Everyone in the Church”. The Catholic priest don Santoro (Italy) practices “conscientious objection”  with gays

“Everyone in the Church”. The Catholic priest don Santoro (Italy) practices “conscientious objection” with gays

Article by Maria Cristina Carratu. Published by La Repubblica, October 22, 2012 on page 20. Translated from the original Italian by Peter L.  For them, it was an intimate and quiet moment, but Church hierarchy may view it as an unacceptable challenge. Their names are Ambra, Alice, Silvano, Luciano and Davide, Irene and Cristina. They say they feel like “normal...

Gay and Christian. The story of a soul who did not feel he was loved by God

Gay and Christian. The story of a soul who did not feel he was loved by God

Personal story sent by Riccardo, October 2012. Translated from the Italian by Peter L. “One time our good Lord said: ‘All manner of things shall be well’. For He willeth we know that the least thing shall not be forgotten.” These are the words Christ spoke to St. Julian in Norwich, a female mystic and recluse who lived from 1342...

The documentary “Taking a Chance on God” regarding the Catholic Church and homosexuality arrives in Italy

Press Release by the Project Gionata, October 24, 2012, translated from the Italian by kathryn After the trimphant premiere of “Taking a Chance on God” in New York, the documentary will now be shown in Italy. Directed by the Irish director Brendan Fay, the documentary recounts the life of John McNeill, an openly gay priest, Catholic theologian and pioneer for...

Brendan Fay. A Catholic, gay and director. My “Taking a Chance on God”

Brendan Fay. A Catholic, gay and director. My “Taking a Chance on God”

Lidia Borghi’s interview with director Brendan Fay, 17 October 2012 “Taking a Chance on God” is a documentary whose director Brenday Fay focuses on American gay theologian John McNeill’s life and pastoral activity.Born eighty-seven years ago, in Buffalo (New York State), McNeill is a reference point for the LGBT Community in the USA thanks to his work as a psychotherapist...

John McNeill, the Catholic theologian “of the liberation of homosexuals and his “Taking a Chance on God”

Lidia Borghi’s interview with John McNeill, 17 October 2012 Former Jesuit priest John McNeill has been a pioneer of LGBT Christian liberation movement all over the world. A native of Buffalo (NY), born in 1925, he suffered a harsh imprisonment in Europe during the Second World War. Always aware of his homosexual orientation, he became a priest of the Catholic...