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Just wanna repost this in light of what the Catholic Church said recently

There is literally no demographic more interesting than queer religious people. Even if you never had much of a crisis in faith (like me), we are still forced to reconcile what we believe in with our own existence in a way that straight religious people, and nonreligious queer people, will never fully experience. I once spoke to a lesbian minister of a queer-centric nondenominational church who said “the god you believe in is always a reflection of self, which is why queer people see god as so much more loving and forgiving than other people do. Our god is a form of self-love and acceptance” and i will never forget that.

Remembering Phil Saviano

One of, if not the, hero of the clergy sexual abuse scandal passed away Sunday, November 28. Today we remember Phil Saviano. Phil Saviano in 2002. Copyright Steven Senne. Phil Saviano was just 11 when a priest began abusing him. As an adult, he would go on to collect records about his own case and others, compiling evidence which he would eventually bring to the Boston Globe’s Spotlight…

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The Catholic Church is at a crossroad now.

They can elect a new pope that is even more progressive than Francis, making the church's future more closely aligned with society at large and what most Catholics actually believe.

Or they can elect a pope that is more conservative and lean into the "traditional" Catholics who make up a large part of the far-right movements throughout the world.

there's a bird on the conclave livestream getting his 5 minutes of fame