Bishop Joseph Strickland’s recent call for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to address the confirmation of ABC anchor Gio Benitez, who is openly married to a man, appears to have been met with silence. Strickland expressed his concerns, stating that the celebration of Benitez’s confirmation, given his same-sex relationship, required discussion. However, his appeal was seemingly bypassed during a USCCB gathering.<\/p>\n
Instead of addressing Strickland’s concerns, the meeting proceeded with other scheduled items. Most Reverend James Massa reportedly directed attention to an advertisement for a faith and science symposium at Notre Dame. Following this, Most Reverend Timothy Broglio introduced a special pastoral message on immigration, effectively sidestepping the issue raised by Bishop Strickland. This perceived snub highlights the ongoing divisions within the Catholic Church regarding LGBTQ+ issues and the reception of openly gay individuals into the faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bishop Joseph Strickland’s recent call for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to address the confirmation of ABC anchor Gio Benitez, who is openly married to a man, appears to have been met with silence. Strickland expressed his concerns, stating that the celebration of Benitez’s confirmation, given his same-sex relationship, required discussion. However, … Continue reading “Strickland’s USCCB Plea for New Publication Falls on Deaf Ears”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_buddyx_sub_header_visibility":"","_buddyx_sub_header_title_visibility":"","_hide_show_side_panel":"","_buddyxpro_page_sidebar":"","_buddyxpro_page_disable_header":"","_buddyxpro_page_disable_footer":"","_buddyxpro_page_content_width":"","_buddyxpro_page_header_style":"","_buddyxpro_page_color_mode":"","_buddyxpro_page_loader":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}