RELIGION:
ROMAN
CATHOLIC / CATHOLICISME
User might note that there are many articles (indexed in CPI.Q and elsewhere), particularly
from the periodical Catholic Insight. These items are quite often short opinion pieces,
although frequently labelled as “articles.” Several have been included immediately following
this introduction to give the user an immediate sense of the Canadian popular-press Roman
Catholic periodical literature in this field. A very small number appear elsewhere in the list,
primarily in the POLITICS section. Comprehensive inclusion, however, would, in the
compiler’s opinion serve to clutter the bibliography and frustrate the user (just as it would in
the not dissimilar case of articles in the Christian fundamentalist Alberta Report, which title
is noted in the introductory material to Gay Canada and which appears under variant titles).
A more thorough retrieval of these magazine items for research purposes may be had, then,
through indexes and direct examination for relevant time periods. (It is notable that this
periodical would appear to get very good coverage by the mainstream Canadian general-
periodical indexing services).
Thirteen examples from Catholic Insight, then, with no specific emphasis intended,
are the following, in which the user will also note the pointed use of quotation marks
within article titles (as presented by the indexing service):
“After Same-sex ‘Marriage’ Comes Polygamy, And Then…?”
Catholic Insight 13(3) (March 2005): 31+ (2 pages)
Ref.: CPI.Q index, which notes that this concerns the “political agenda
of homosexual newspaper Xtra.”
“Who Pushed for ‘Gay’ Marriage in
40 (220 words)
Ref.: CPI.Q index
“
16(1) (January 2008): 26 (311 words)
Ref.: CPI.Q index. Concers Public Service Alliance of Canada union.
“A Timeline of the Homosexual ‘Rights’ Juggernaut.” Catholic Insight 14(7)
(July-August 2006): 18+ (13 pages)
Ref.: CPI.Q index.
“Doctors Speak Out: ‘Gay Marriage’ and Homosexuality: Brief Sent to MPs and
to H. of C. Special Committee.” Catholic Insight, 13(6) (June 2005): 21+
(5 pages)
“Homosexuals Rally around Prom Date [the Marc Hall/Durham Catholic School
Board matter].” Catholic Insight 10(4) (May 2002): 30+ (706 words)
Gosgnach, Tony, and De Valk, Alphonse.
“Whom Not To Vote For: The Election – Part I.” Catholic Insight 15(2)
(Feb. 2007): 17+ (12 pages)
Ref.: CPI.Q index.
“Catholic Teaching: Defeat the Upcoming Bill [editorial].” Catholic Insight
13(2) (February 2005): 3+ (2 pages; 1265 words)
“More ‘Gay’ Attacks on Freedom of Speech.” Catholic Insight 11(1)
(Jan.-Feb. 2003): 34 (1344 words)
Ref.: CPI.Q index, which in title expansion notes: “freedom of
religion versus freedom of speech.”
Leishman, Rory.
“Homosexual Activism Threatens Freedom of Speech.” Catholic Insight
13(7) (July-August 2005): 9 (727 words)
Ref.: CPI.Q index.
“Canadian Anglicans Continue to Risk Unity for Homosexuality.” Catholic
Insight 15(7) (July-August 2007): 42 (684 words)
Ref.: CPI.Q index
“Liberal Government Finances Homosexual Activists.” Catholic Insight 12(10)
November 2004): 37+ (155 words)
“Judge Elizabeth Bennett Forces Ottawa to Foot ‘Gay’ Store’s Legal Bills to
Challenge Its Own Policies.” Catholic Insight 12(10) November 2004):
35 (261 words)
User could note that Catholic New Times, the Canadian publication which ceased in
2006 (approximately) after thirty years, seems to have carried a different tone towards
various issues, in the spirit of the reform movement of Second Vatican Council.
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Arseneault, Michel.
“La nef des mal-aimés.” L’Actualité, 1 oct. 2002, pp. 62-64.
“La
place des homosexuels dans l’Eglise catholique; l’accueil
particulier
qui leur est réservé à l’église Saint-Pierre-Apôtre de
Montréal”
– Repère résumé.
Bartram,
Jeremiah.
“A Challenge to the Canadian Catholic Bishops.” Catholic New Times 27(16)
(
Ref.: CPI.Q index, which notes “Centre Spread.”
Baum, Gregory.
“Le
Saint Office [Sacrée congrégation pour la doctrine de la foi] et
l’homosexualité.” Relations [Montréal] 528 (mars 1987):
51-53.
Baum,
Gregory.
“Should Homosexuals Remain in the Catholic Church?” Catholic New Times
29(1)
(
Ref.: CPI.Q index.
Baumann, Britt.
“The Women’s Movement and Related Disputes within the Roman Catholic
Church.” M.A. thesis,
Appears broader than scope of this bibliography.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33904025, which record assigns
descriptors regarding ordination of women, celibacy, child sexual abuse
by clergy and religious aspects regarding homosexuality.
Beaulieu, Christian.
Coeur
blessé, espère! Charlesbourg,
Québec: Le Renouveau, c1983.
(195
p.; ISBN 2892540011)
Subject
heading in catalogue of Bibliothèque nationale du
Québec: “Homosexuality – Religious aspects –
Christianity”
“
(Sept.
7, 1997): 2.
This
newsnote claims that “
first
jurisdiction in the world to recognize a homosexual partner
as
a ‘spouse’ when the B.C. legislature passed Bills 31 and 32
by
a vote of 59-9 [on] July 22.” The
article continues that the
“bills
were passed against the advice of 22 religious leaders
contained
in a document entitled ‘Joint Affirmation of the
Sacredness
of Marriage,’ released July 10.
Bryden, Joan.
“ ‘Exile’ for Same-sex Support: Will Catholic MPs Have to Toe the Line, Or
Else?” Maclean’s,
“The Cardinal’s Views on Same-sex
Marriage.” Globe & Mail [
Editorial; the Cardinal is Ambrozic.
“Catholic Women’s League of Canada Endorses Legal Same-sex Civil Unions.”
Catholic New Times 27(8) (May 4, 2003): 10 (204-word brief article)
“A Clash of Values:
Gay
Rights.” Maclean’s [
Clements, Colleen.
“Pedophiles and Priests: The Roman Catholic Church Is the Latest Target
of Media Hysteria and Demands for ‘Zero Tolerance.’ Strangely,
Every Time We Hear That Phrase a Once-Independent Organization
Is Required to Hand Over Some Authority to the State.”
Medical
Post [
Débora, et Judith.
L’amour
entre femmes dans l’Eglise catholique: et ciel parlait, ce serait l’enfer?
Varennes,
Québec: AdA, c1999.
(140
p.; ISBN 2921892588)
Contenu:
L’invisibilité des lesbiennes en Eglise a son histoire –
Des
lesbiennes invisibles dans l’Eglise.
Ref.:
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec catalogue.
Dickinson, Greg M.
“Injunction Orders Catholic School Board to Permit Same-sex Partner at
School
Prom.” Education & Law Journal
[
Case: Hall (Litigation Guardian of) v. Powers 59 O.R. (3d) 423
Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature
“‘Dignity’ Takes Redemptorists to
Catholic
New Times 13(12) (June 11, 1989): 9.
Dugal, Gilles.
“L’homosexualité au pilori.” Vie ouvrière 36(206) (déc. 1987):
26-27.
“Position
de l’Eglise catholique concernant l’homosexualité;
déception
de certains chrétiens” – Repère résumé.
Epîtres pour la faim du siècle.
Montréal: Gilles Jobidon, 1997.
(38
p.; ISBN 2980571709)
Roman Catholic Church; religious life; gays.
“Textes présentés à la rencontre
‘Une spiritualité gaie pour l’an 2000,’
tenue
les 3, 4 et 5 oct. 1997 au Centre St. Pierre à Montréal” –
Bibliothèque
nationale du Québec catalogue note.
Fraze, Barb.
“Canadian Bishops Move Vigorously on Sex Abuse Problems.” National
Catholic
Reporter [
Gagnon, Serge, et East, Bernard.
“Les
chrétiens du Village.” Présence
2(8) (févr. 1993): 11-22.
“Dossier sur les regroupements de
chrétiens dans ce quartier du
Centre-Sud de Montréal où vivent des
communautés de gais et de
lesbiennes, rôle du mouvement Dignité,
l’Eglise, et
l’homosexualité” – Repère
résumé.
Galloway,
Gloria.
“
Cotler Says No to [Cardinal] Ambrozic on Notwithstanding Clause.”
Globe
& Mail [
Ganley, Rosemary.
“Key
Decision: Gay Rights and
26(10)(June 2, 2002): 1, 19 (676 words)
About Marc Hall prom issue, reporting the judicial decision by
Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert MacKinnon.
Gatehouse, Jonathon.
“A Church in
Denial.” Maclean’s, July 22,
2002, pp. 22-26.
Largely
concerns the issue of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic
clergy in Canada. Although many
people are named, the author states that
“it’s impossible to say just how many more Canadian priests are facing
allegations of abuse, because the only people with reliable statistics
on the
problem – the bishops in charge of the country’s 71 dioceses – aren’t
sharing that information with the public or even central Church
authorities”
(p. 24).
“Gay Challenge Sparks Unplanned Dialogue
[Conference: The Homosexual
Challenge
– A Christian Response (Toronto)].” Catholic
New Times 18(17)
(Oct.
9, 1994): 17.
Gosgnach, Tony, and Valk, Alphonse De.
“Whom Not To Vote For: The Election – Part I.” Catholic Insight 15(2)
(Feb. 2007): 17 (12 pages; 4185 words).
Compiler note: See explanatory note and sample list of thriteen articles
from this periodical, at beginning of Roman Catholic subsection.
Contents of this conservative Roman Catholic publication have generally
not been included, but such contents are quite thoroughly recoverable
through CPI.Q, as one index example. Exception made here because of
issue of (theoretical, at least) separation of church and state in Canadian
politics . There was considerable effort by Roman Catholic political clergy,
both within and outside Canada, to influence the outcome of debates on
same-sex matters.
Guindon, André.
The
Sexual Creators: An Ethical Proposal for Concerned Christians.
Lanham,
Maryland: University Press of America, 1986.
(246
p.; ISBN 0819152390; 0819152404)
This
book broader than scope of the bibliography.
Guindon, Roman
Catholic theologian, St. Paul’s University,
Ottawa, criticized by the Vatican
for views expressed here on sex issues,
including homosexuality.
Harris, Michael, 1948-
Unholy
Orders: Tragedy at Mount Cashel. Toronto: Penguin, 1991, c1990.
(386 p.; ISBN 014013929X)
Mount Cashel Orphanage, St. John’s, Nfld., and child sexual abuse.
The user is asked to keep in mind the clear difference between
pederasty (which is primarily other-sex, and not same-sex) on
the one hand, and consensual adult sex (both hetero- and homosexual).
“Homosexuality: Why the Silence in Catholic
Publications?”
Catholic New Times 16(7) (March 29, 1992): 5.
Hurteau, Pierre.
“L’homosexualité masculine et les
discours sur le sexe en contexte
montréalais
de la fin du XIXe siècle à la Révolution tranquille.”
Histoire
sociale = Social History 26(51) (mai 1993): 41-66.
“Examen de la façon dont se sont
structurées les normes religieuses
en ce qui concerne l’homosexualité
et leur contribution sur le plan
des stéréotypes sexuels et
homosexuels; analyse des aspects
juridique et médical; étude de la
morale religieuse selon trois axes
(la famille et les rôles sexuels
dichotomiques, l’éducation à la
pureté et la théologie morale)” – Repère
résumé.
“Examines the historical relationship between
religion and homosexuality
in Montreal…from 1890 to the 1960’s in its
social context and the context
of legal and medical attitudes…” – abstract
from America: History and Life
index.
Hurteau, Pierre.
“Homosexualité,
religion et droit au Québec: une approche historique.”
Ph.D.
dissertation, Concordia University, 1991.
(300
p.)
“Cherche
à définir le rôle de la réligion catholique dans la construction de
l’homosexualité
au Québec depuis la fin du XIXe siècle” – abstract from
Canadian Research Index.
“Jack Kapica Looks at a New Sexuality Debate in
the Roman Catholic Church.”
Globe
and Mail, August 5, 1992, p. A14.
Kinsman, Gary.
“Making
Homosexuality the Problem Once Again: The Hughes Commission.”
New
Maritimes [Enfield, N.S.] 11(3) (Jan./Feb. 1993): 17-19 (1870 words).
Roman
Catholic Church; child sexual abuse; homosexuality.
Lehigh, Garry.
“The Roman Catholic Priest Counsels the Homosexual.” Th.M. thesis,
University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto School of Theology, 1986.
(60 leaves)
Loftus, J. A. (John Allan), 1947-
Understanding Sexual Misconduct by Clergy: A Handbook for Ministers.
Washington, D.C.: Pastoral Press, c1994.
(ca. 66 p.; ISBN 1569290245)
Loftus is/was president of University of Toronto’s Regis College.
Interested user may wish to examine periodical and newspaper indexes
for reports on specific Canadian cases, generally not listed here.
Lopata, Mary Ellen,
with Casimer Lopata.
Fortunate Families:
Catholic Families with Lesbian Daughters and Gay Sons.
Victoria, B.C.: Trafford,
2003.
(163 p.; ISBN 1412011892)
“A Meeting with a Monsignor: How Can We
Reconcile the Teachings of the
Church
and Our Own Experience of a Love the Church Condemns.”
Globe
and Mail [Metro ed.], April 27, 1996, p. D5.
Morgan, Joelle.
“Honouring Diversity in
Sexuality.” Catholic New Times
26(11)(June 16,
2002): 20 (681 words).
Nersessian, Mary.
“Cardinal’s Decision Shocks Nun.” Globe & Mail [Toronto], March 8, 2004,
p. A3.
Concerns Archbishop of Toronto, Aloysius Ambrozic, who refused to
confer doctoral degree on Roman Catholic nun. She calls church
homophobic; her thesis concerned lesbians.
Also see Christina Cathro in Catholic New Times 28(4)
(February 29, 2004): 3 (1450 words).
“No Church Is an Island: A Former Nun Says That
If Roman Catholicism Continues
to Deny
the Realities of Human Sexuality It Will Fail Its Adherents and Fail as a
Religion.” Globe and Mail, November 5, 1993, p.
A28.
Oxaal, Zoe.
“Second-guessing the Bishop: Section 93, the Charter, and the ‘Religious
Government
Actor’ in the Gay Prom Date Case.”
66(2) (Summer 2003): 455-484.
Payeur, Charles-Rafaël, 1962-
Sodome et Gomorrhe, ou, Le droit à la différence. Sherbrooke, QC :
Éditions Théosis, c2005.
(274 p.; ISBN 2922793044)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 31669686, which applies the
descriptors Same-sex marriage – Religious aspects – Catholic Church
and Same-sex marriage – Religious aspects – Christianity.
Pawlowski, Diane R.
“Dignity: The Organization.” MA thesis, University of Windsor, 1990.
(313
p.)
“Study examines Dignity, a voluntary
organization comprised of gay
and lesbian Roman Catholics and their
friends. The research project
asks how Dignity can survive in the face of
hostility from the Church
hierarchy” – abstract from Canadian Research
Index.
Peddicord, Richard A.
“A Studied Ambiguity: Catholic Moral Teaching
on the Question of Gay and
Lesbian
Rights Legislation.” Ph.D. dissertation,
University of Ottawa, 1994.
(381
p.)
“Praise, Criticism for Bishops’
Statement.” Catholic New Times
21(16)
(Oct. 19, 1997): 2.
“A bishops’ committee statement to Catholic
parents with homosexual
sons or daughters has drawn both praise and
criticism. The 20-page
statement, ‘Always Our Children,’ was released
October 1 by the
Committee on Marriage and Family of the
National Conference of
Catholic Bishops” – CBCA index.
“Priests Carrying Same-sex Attack to
Pulpit.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],
August 2, 2003, pp. A1, A4.
Concerns
Roman Catholic clergy and issue of same-sex marriage.
Puxley, Chinta.
“
Concerning same-sex matters. Included because is of concern with regard
to issue of separation of church and state and interference from outside
Canada.
Ratzinger, Joseph.
“La
pastorale à l’égard des personnes homosexuelles.”
L’Eglise
canadienne 20(7) (4 déc. 1986): 195-200.
“Texte
de la lettre de la Congrégation pour la doctrine de la foi aux
évêques
catholiques” – Repère résumé.
Rigali,
Norbert J.
“Church Responses to Pedophilia.” Theological Studies 55(1) (March 1994):
124-139.
Responses in
“Same-sex Unions: A Whole New Ball Game.” Catholic New Times 27(9)
(
Ref.: CPI.Q index, which notes “Catholic presentations to parliamentary
committee on human rights.”
“Should Gay MP Apologize to Priest?” Catholic New Times 24(2)
(Feb. 6, 2000): 14 (632 words).
Svend
Robinson.
Tibbetts, Janice.
“Pope to MPs: Stop Gay Marriage.” National Post, July 29, 2003, pp. A1, A9.
For fuller citation and annotation, see Tibbetts entry in the
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS section, below.
Valpy, Michael.
“Bishop Blasted for Calling on the State to Target Gays.” Globe & Mail
[
About pastoral letter sent out by Bishop of Calgary; letter argued that
“state must use its coercive power either to proscribe or
to curtail homosexuality in society’s interests” [quotation from
opening sentence of Valpy article, online].
Ref.: CPI.Q index.
Valpy, Michael.
“Block Gay Marriage, Catholics Tell Martin: Cardinal Wants Notwithstanding
Clause
Invoked to Allow for National Discussion.”
Globe & Mail [
“Vatican Report Targets Same-sex
Marriages.” Globe & Mail [
p. A1.
“
Vivarès, Patrice.
L’amour
en quête de vérité: les chrétiens et la vie affective.
Novalis, 1994.
(112 p.; ISBN 2890887030)