Catholic Church

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International - Some people are calling it the “Bud Light Effect.” The phrase refers to an encouraging phenomenon this year of people standing up and saying, “enough is enough” to the increasingly heavy-handed demands of the LGBT movement, particularly during so-called “Pride Month.”... For the many Americans who have endured year after year of “Pride” propaganda, including from favorite brands like Bud Light, the Mulvaney video was a giant leap too far. ...

By Paul Gondreau, The Catholic Thing -In an interview with The Pillar last week, Arch. Timothy Broglio, the current president of the USCCB, was asked to comment on whether a planned demonstration was an appropriate public response to the decision by the Los Angeles Dodgers to honor the anti-Catholic drag group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. His response, I think, was very unfortunate: “What is more effective? Do you give more attention to the event by protesting it, or do you do better by ignoring it? I would land more towards ignoring it.” He cited “the danger of violence,” for which, he thought, there was “a lot of risk.”

By Mark Lambert, Catholic Herald - Bishop Joseph Strickland was reported to be supportive of a lay initiative to protest the The LA Dodgers Baseball Team’s invitation of a group of anti-Catholic drag queens called the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” to its June 16th Pride Night ... It is instructive that when our shepherds are clear about what matters, lay Catholics will step up. If the Catholic Church simply reflects the culture, it ceases to be salt and light and we shouldn’t be surprised when people lose interest.

By Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report - Schumacher: At the root of the ideological trend of “transgenderism” is a blatant refusal of the doctrine of creation. To believe in creation is to believe that human sexuality is charged with meaning and purpose—God presumably knows what he is doing!—and this in turn means that we are naturally ordered to naturally perfecting ends that are synonymous with human happiness. Any such meaning is claimed by gender “theorists” to threaten man’s freedom to self-determination.