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Yikes! Severed Head of Patron Saint of Genital Diseases and Disorders is Up for Sale

Marc Felion — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:56:03 +0000

The severed head of St Vitalis of Assisi is up for sale and there’s no telling how much this head, that was last alive in 1370 will fetch at market.

Vitalis was a good time boy who had a lot of sexy fun but then he turned into a hermit. What a party pooper. He is said to cure genital problems though.

I hope someone buys it and says “I have a genital disorder – I don’t get enough head.”

Writer Anne Rice Quits the Church

Marc Felion — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:24:43 +0000

Novelist Anne Rice, who is famous for her vampire books has left the Catholic Church, which she joined in the 90s, much to the surprise of her readers.

She announced on Facebook-

“For those who care, and I understand if you don’t: Today I quit being a Christian. I’m out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being ‘Christian’ or to being part of Christianity. It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. For ten years, I’ve tried. I’ve failed. I’m an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else.”

She is also the mother of gay novelist Christopher Rice who we interviewed in March of 2008.

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Have Latino Catholics Become Liberal?

Marc Felion — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:06:20 +0000

A new study suggests that Latino Catholics are more accepting of gays than their protestant counterpoints.

• 57% of Latino Catholics would vote for the legalization of same-sex marriage compared to 22% of Latino Protestants

• Latino Catholics "say they trust the parents of gay and lesbian children more than their own clergy as a source of information about homosexuality."

FOF #851 – Kneeling Before God – 09.30.08

Fausto Fernós — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:19:28 +0000

Gay people are the backbone of many of the world’s great religions, but sadly under difficult times these Churches scapegoat some of their most beloved members.

High ranking Catholic Church officials blamed the scandalous cover up of child molestation on the church’s tolerance of gay men.

On today’s Feast of Fools we’ve got two authors who’ve written extensively about being gay and Catholic and their experience about speaking out against the institutional homophobia.

Joining us today is Scott Pomfret, Boston resident and author of a hilarious new book Since My Last Confession, a memoir of his experience as a lector in the Catholic Church in Boston and his quest to convince his arch-nemesis, Cardinal O’Malley, to invite him to serve at a weekly mass.

Scott was recently let go from the positions he held at the church because the friars had a problem with how the book was being marketed to the public. They don’t seem to have a problem with the book itself but they find the marketing of the book incongruous with their beliefs.

Also joining us is Jim Leija, a filmmaker, performance artist and longtime listener living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His story “Dance or Die” shares his experience witnessing the aftermath of an outcast high school student’s suicide and how he become the first recipient of a scholarship set up by the dead boy’s parents.

The short story is also included in the book Queer and Catholic, a collection of powerful stories about how being Catholic permanently influences people’s identities.

Listen as we talk about why people tolerate their intolerant religions, the consequences of speaking out and where the Catholic Church’s attitudes will be toward gays in the future.

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