Ban on gay author shows that Catholic church is still failing young people
The archdiocese of Southwark’s decision to ban a gay author from speaking at a school (Catholic church bans visit by gay author to London school, 9 March) shows that the Catholic church still has much to learn about protecting the wellbeing of young people.
Young people need examples of all types of positive, loving relationships, same-sex and otherwise, to help them make informed choices about their own relationships.
Restricting access to such information can create a culture of secrecy, fear and confusion. Some members of the Catholic church have relied on such a toxic, closed culture to let them get away with horrific acts of abuse against young people for many years.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/m...ung-people
The archdiocese of Southwark’s decision to ban a gay author from speaking at a school (Catholic church bans visit by gay author to London school, 9 March) shows that the Catholic church still has much to learn about protecting the wellbeing of young people.
Young people need examples of all types of positive, loving relationships, same-sex and otherwise, to help them make informed choices about their own relationships.
Restricting access to such information can create a culture of secrecy, fear and confusion. Some members of the Catholic church have relied on such a toxic, closed culture to let them get away with horrific acts of abuse against young people for many years.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/m...ung-people
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"