Category: Consecrated lives

Consecrated lives

Coming out with yourself and be a priest. My journey to the Catholic Church

Article by Liam Adams* published on the website of the newspaper The Tennessean (United States), freely translated by Silvia Lanzi some parishioners of Steve Wolf do not like the fact that he likes the Ukulele: "I love the ukulele, not everyone loves him" he has Declared Wolf in an interview in his home in Nashville, “he may not like the ukulele, but if you want to know me, at some point you should ...

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Being gay priests in the Catholic Church: "We do not live closed in a wardrobe, but in a cage"

Article of Elizabeth Dias published on the website of the weekly Courrier International (France) on February 21, 2019, freely translated by Nadia Di Iorio forgetting the opening signals: gay priests come today more than ever stigmatized by the Church (Catholic), (...). About twenty of them confided to the New York Times, and they asked to remain anonymous. He had seventeen ...

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Why can't a priest be gay?

Testimony of Father Franz Kribber published on the website of the weekly Der Spiegel (Germany) on January 24, 2022, freely translated by Gabriella Di Tullio and already ... is like being in a prison. In reality, it shouldn't be what it is. In reality, it shouldn't be like this, it's not normal. Being a homosexual priest is already a difficult situation. The topic is taboo ....

Coming out / Consecrated lives

A German Franciscan friar tells what happened after his coming out

. Article published on the Giessener Allgemeine website (Germany) on January 26, 2022, freely translated by Antonio De Caro* brother Norbert Lammers received dozens of e-mails after the transmission (in Germany) of the documentary of the "Wie Gott Uns Schuf" documentary ( As God created us), messages via WhatsApp and Facebook and many calls. The Franciscan friar, who works in the house for retreats ...

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Father Alison: "Because as a priest I chose to get out of the closet as homosexual"

Interview by Gilles Donada to Father James Alison published on the website of the Catholic newspaper La Croix (France) on December 1, 2021, freely translated by Nadia Di Iorio the English theologian James Alison to pass through France, in Lyon, for a series of conferences they have By theme the Bible and homosexuality, which inspired the author of the theater work La Peur (the ...

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Le comunità cristiane davanti alla vocazione profetica delle suore lesbiche

Testo tratto dal libretto Out of Silence God Has Called Me; A Lesbian Religious Tells Her Story (Dal silenzio Dio mi ha chiamata. Una suora lesbica racconta la sua storia), di suor Janet Rozzano RSM, pubblicato nel 2008 dall’associazione LGBT cattolica New Ways Ministry, pp. 16-18, liberamente tradotto da Diana, revisione di Giovanna e Giacomo Tessaro, parte sesta e ultima...

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La chiamata di Dio alle suore lesbiche per uscire dal silenzio

Testo tratto dal libretto Out of Silence God Has Called Me; A Lesbian Religious Tells Her Story (Dal silenzio Dio mi ha chiamata. Una suora lesbica racconta la sua storia), di suor Janet Rozzano RSM, pubblicato nel 2008 dall’associazione LGBT cattolica New Ways Ministry, pp. 13-16 liberamente tradotto da Diana, revisione di Giovanna e Giacomo Tessaro, parte quinta La chiamata...

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Dietro la realtà del silenzio. Le speranze e le difficoltà che vivono le suore lesbiche

Testo tratto dal libretto Out of Silence God Has Called Me; A Lesbian Religious Tells Her Story (Dal silenzio Dio mi ha chiamata. Una suora lesbica racconta la sua storia), di suor Janet Rozzano RSM, pubblicato nel 2008 dall’associazione LGBT cattolica New Ways Ministry, pp. 6-10, liberamente tradotto da Diana, revisione di Giovanna e Giacomo Tessaro, parte terza Voglio ora...