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  • Benedict XVI swamps Jesuit mag's boat (Reese out as editor of America)

    05/06/2005 5:21:38 PM PDT · by Dionysiusdecordealcis · 39 replies · 1,305+ views
    Drudge/Associated Press ^ | May 6, 2005 | NIcole Winfield
    The editor of the Jesuit weekly America is leaving the magazine after the Vatican received complaints about articles he published on touchy issues such as same-sex marriages and stem cell research, Jesuit officials said Friday. The Rev. Thomas J. Reese, a widely respected expert on the Catholic Church and the Vatican who was editor for seven years, is being replaced by his deputy, the Rev. Drew Christiansen, the magazine said in a statement. Jesuit officials in Rome and the United States, who spoke on condition they not be identified, said some American bishops had contacted the Vatican's Congregation for the...
  • [Utica, NY] Mass displays unity Service for gay community draws support, protests

    09/16/2002 12:17:48 PM PDT · by victim soul · 10 replies · 213+ views
    http://www.uticaod.com/ ^ | 9.16.02 | JENNIFER WARNICK and ELIZABETH A. MUNDSCHENCK,
    <p>Clergy and congregants recite The Lord's Prayer Sunday during a Mass for gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgendered people at St. Francis DeSales Catholic Church in Utica. More than 400 people attended the Mass, including a handful of local leaders.</p> <p>The Rev. Fred Daley, right, talks with protesters outside St. Francis De Sales Roman Catholic Church before a Mass for gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgendered people.</p>