Press Release

Contacts:             Marianne Duddy-Burke, 617-669-7810

~~16 Catholic Organizations Call on Pope Francis to Apologize to U.S. Nuns; Launch Petition
 
Washington, DC - The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), an umbrella group representing 80% of the 57,000 nuns in the United States, remains under scrutiny from the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). 
 

~~DignityUSA, March 5, 2014.

LGBT Catholics Welcome Pastoral Tone and Substance

Contacts:

Marianne Duddy-Burke, 617-669-7810

Jeff Stone, 646-418-7039

For Immediate Release  6/24/13

National Contacts: Erin Saiz Hanna, ehanna@womensordination.org202.675.1006Sr.

Christine Schenk, chris@futurechurch.org216.513.3647

Boston Contacts: Nick Ingala Voice of the Faithful 617-291-3495 Cell, nickingala@votf.org

April 9, 2013

Gay Long Island Man Ousted from Church Involvement to Deliver Over 18,000 Signatures to Diocese

Stripped of all parish involvement by the Diocese of Rockville Center after marriage, Nicholas Coppola Requests reinstatement to all volunteer positions

In media interviews given on Easter Sunday, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, who also serves as President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that the Catholic Church should be more open to gay and lesbian people (bisexual and transgender people were not mentioned). He said "I love you, and God loves you." When pressed about what could be done to make lesbian and gay people more welcome, the Cardinal said he did not know. Below is DignityUSA's response.

April 1, 2013

Dear Cardinal Dolan,

Boston, MA, March 13, 2013.  DignityUSA Executive Director Marianne Duddy-Burke has made the following statement on the election of Pope Francis:

 “We join our fellow Catholics in praying for the ministry and leadership of Pope Francis.  We applaud the cardinals for their recognition of the rising energy of the Catholic Church in the global South and the new possibilities and perspectives that may come from that region.