Thanks, Cathy, for your post below.

At church yesterday, several women I spoke with said they felt sick all week about the Vatican's witch hunt against women religious. Physically sick. I was wondering why I had migraines all week!

As for the anti-gay and lesbian initiative, my parish, St. Al's, had the courage and grace to write this in our bulletin:

"St. Aloysious will not be gathering signatures in support of referendums...Our emphasis is on unity, not uniformity. We know we don't all think alike, but we also know we can pray together...Gathering signatures for referendums could divide us into those for and those against, instead of gathering us into one body of Christ we strive to be in our world." 

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