Where does this extreme hatred of gay priests come from? It comes from fear.

The congregation chided me to sit down.“This is Mass!” I was told. “It’s not the time.”

What do we do now? What happens next? We stay Catholic.

People do not have the time or money or energy to be angry at popes or angry at people who are angry at popes.

For Jesus, it’s community first, conversion second. Welcome and respect come first.

On the Feast of the Assumption and following more revelations of sexual abuse, a priest reflects on the hard work required for the church to “come to perfection.”