The Most Reverend Doctor Cardinal RatzingerCongregatio Pro Doctrine Fidei00120 Vatican City-StateEurope December 20, 2000 Dear Cardinal Ratzinger, On Monday, December 18, 2000, in your Vatican Office, my colleague Bill Carpenter and I had the privilege of discussing the visit to Rome planned by Soulforce and Dignity/USA, January 3-7, 2001, with your representative, Fr. Brown. During […]
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Why We Stand Vigil: An Open Letter to John Paul II
December 17, 2000 We are here to protest Roman Catholic teachings and actions against homosexuality and homosexuals. We respectfully submit that these teachings and actions have tragic consequences in the lives of millions of people around the globe (Catholics and non-Catholics alike). Church teachings declare homosexual orientation "objectively disordered" and loving, intimate acts "intrinsically evil." […]
Letter to President Clinton
December 12, 2000 The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton, PresidentUnited States of AmericaThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President, You have been a friend to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans. For all you have done in the past eight years to help advance our struggle for equal rights, we say thanks. […]
A Personal Reflection from a Soulforce Volunteer
Dear Soulforce Friends, As usual I am so high from seeing and hugging all of you that were in DC. What beautiful, loving, justice seeking friends. Those who could not come you were in our thoughts. Richard Murphy thank you so much for making the vigils at the Hyatt a reality. Somehow I felt called […]
Bishop’s Response to Letter of October 10
November 6, 2000 Dear Reverend White, Although I was informed that a response to my letter was on your Web site, I did not receive your October 10 letter until the October 28 copy arrived. That is why this response has been delayed. After I explained in my previous letter that Catholic teaching on homosexuality […]
An Open Letter from Dr. William Sloan Coffin to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops to be Presented on November 14th in Washington
REV. WILLIAM SLOAN COFFINON THE GREENSTRAFFORD, VERMONT 05072 November 14, 2000 (to be presented in Washington) AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF AMERICA* In a Washington cemetery, on the gravestone of a Vietnam veteran, it is written "When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men […]