Secular reasoning applied to Catholic culture
On Saturday evening Bishop Tobin delivered an address at the Portsmouth Institute’s Catholicism and the American Experience seminar entitled, “Evangelization in a Secular Age.” The piece is an interesting look at the evangelization strategies of a church facing declining membership, but I want to concentrate on part three of Tobin’s talk, “The Context of Evangelization.” [...]
How the right pushes for exemptions to equality
Marriage equality advocates took lot of hope from April 8th’s front page ProJo article in which Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed anticipated “a full Senate vote on whether to legalize same-sex marriage by the end of April.” Good news indeed, but one needs to continue reading for the unpleasant bit. Paiva Weed is concerned [...]
Tobin Urges State To Wait For Marriage Equality
Marriage Equality in Rhode Island is going to happen. The forces fighting against the rising tide of love and equality are starting to realize this. Yesterday election forecasting wunderkind Nate Silver had a piece in the New York Times that crunched the numbers and came to a conclusion that should give pause to opponents: marriage [...]
Catholics Should Focus on Christ, Not Holiday Decorations
Christmas tree, holiday tree … whatever you want to call it, it has absolutely nothing to do with Christianity and the religious connections to the season. So why is Bishop Tobin so eager to weigh in on this media-fueled dust up? I would think the leader of the Catholic Church would use his ever-shrinking pool [...]
Catholic Church Avoids Domin Ave., KKK Issue
The Catholic Diocese of Providence, under the guidance of Bishop Thomas Tobin, is not afraid to voice its opinion about a wide range of topics. The church or the bishop has stated its position on everything from marriage equality and women’s reproductive rights to issues as trivial as the holiday/Christmas tree non-controversy and the cross [...]
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