Perspectives
Articles, essays, and reflections from progressive Catholic voices.
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Who is the Church, the universal institution?
I find that in practice, when we say “the Church,” we tend to mean the hierarchy’s institution. For instance: “The Church condemns women’s ordination…” We progressives are not much better than conservatives on this.
Stories of siding with Love through life’s messiness…
Today, after many, many difficult conversations, arguments, and much patience she has become a proud PFLAG mom who is working to start groups for Hispanic and Latinx families who have LGBT children.
Academic at Heart
Theology is like an iceberg: most of us only see the tip, but the fullness of what is there is far more vast.
Creating Space for Speaking Hope Amidst the Sin of Domestic Violence
Survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence experience the impact of negative language or words every time someone questions their actions or doubts their experiences.
Diana Marin writes on "Love in a Time of Climate Change"
How can the story we tell about the world move beyond destruction, to the possibility of a more beautiful future, the future we long to inhabit?
The history of accomplicehood that is Pride Month
Solidarity is messy, accomplicehood is messy. It changes the narrative of “I support you” to “I am with you” … “I am willing and I will get my hands dirty with you and for you when you can’t.”
Encountering the Holy at the Threshold
At the opening retreat of this year’s Re/Generation cohort, I met so many others who also found themselves on that threshold. They helped me see that it does not have to be a temporary pass-through.
You make decisions because you love yourself: a personal story of abortion
I sometimes wish I had a “nicer” abortion story, but not because it would have made the decision or procedure easier.
A Witness to Pain, A Witness to Healing
“Am I a vessel for stories? How can I hold these stories as beloved rather than burdensome? Can God hold them with me?”
Easter reflection
Despite the issues that plague our world and society we must never forget that this world, this creation, is good. Our hope relies on the fact that the one who models the way of openness, Jesus Christ, has been resurrected.