Controversial LGBT event drops 'Catholic' label after bishop's statement

[trotsky]

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/controversial-lgbt-event-drops-catholic-label-after-bishops-statement-18028

An event hosted by the University of Cincinnati on faith and the LGBT community has dropped ‘Catholicism’ from its label after the local bishop sent an email to all diocesan priests and deacons, reiterating that the event did not have diocesan approval.

The event was originally titled: “Building Bridges: A Dialogue on Faith, Catholicism, and the LGBTQ Community.”

“To be very clear, despite its billing, the event is in no way sponsored by, sanctioned by, or associated with the Catholic Church,” Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati told his priests in a March 9 email.

“In fact, one of the scheduled speakers has been ordered to not speak on behalf of the Catholic Church in the United States due to the grave error of her teaching,” he noted.

Seems like "building bridges" was inappropriate for the title as well.

[MineralMan]

1. Demolishing Bridges: LGBTQ Dialog Won't Discuss Catholicism Because Bigotry

There. I've rewritten the event title more appropriately.

[trotsky]

2. But we were told Wonderpope Frank would make it all better!

Funny thing is, here's something he COULD do. He could endorse this conference. Hell, if he really wanted to improve the treatment of LGBT Catholics, he could offer to SPEAK at it. Talk about building bridges!

But no.

[MineralMan]

3. Francis is no revolutionary Pope.

He utters platitudes, but just continues to facilitate the usual patriarchal nonsense. That's the Pope's job description.

[Voltaire2]

4. Of course.

Westboro Baptist is at least honest about it.