Un ponte da costruire. Una relazione nuova tra Chiesa e persone LGBT

Father Jim Martin is a phenomenal priest and author. I have great respect for his teaching and his advocacy for marginalized persons, be it refugees or LGBT Catholics. As a gay Catholic, I'm overjoyed this book exists. Most of my gay Catholic friends left the church years ago due to hate speech from Leggi tutto

This was a pretty disappointing read. It was essentially a blog post--and an incredibly superficial one at that--in hardcover. There was very little discussion beyond "gays are people too; be nice to them." Some parts were also supremely tone deaf, which was surprising for an author who is generally Leggi tutto

Given the storm of controversy surrounding Fr James Martin of late, I figured I needed to read this book to see exactly what his position is. Among Catholics in general, there tends to be a divergence of views upon approaching the delicate topic of LGBT Catholics, between those who wish to emphasize Leggi tutto

This book is a great breakthrough indeed! In the Roman Catholic World where there is minimal or absolutely no information on how to guide a dedicated Catholic priest, religious and animator in ministering to LGBTQIA Catholics, I think ‘Building A Bridge’ is like a stream in a very arid desert. Fr. J Leggi tutto

I'm a gay product of Jesuit education and, very generally, a fan of Fr. Martin's (he spoke at my high school graduation). I was excited to read this, but I found it to be pretty problematic and, honestly, disappointing. Let's set this straight: marginalized groups are on the margins because of the a Leggi tutto

I was prepared to really like this. I was heartened by the support by various members of the Church hierarchy, including the head of the Vatican's dicastery of laity, family and life, and as for the people losing their heads about it, well, they tend to make me roll my eyes anyway, right? The thing

Father Martin offers up a small, easily readable book which, for all the furor it's raised in certain sectors of the Catholic Church, is actually remarkably tame. There is nothing scandalous here, just one priest's sharing of his most effective ideas for reaching out to certain groups of marginalize Leggi tutto