[american colleen]

OK, I've calmed down and I'm with eastsider on this.

The following is an excerpt of the home page:

I have established the Gay and Lesbian Family Ministry to provide pastoral care for our homosexual brothers and sisters and their families in fidelity to the teachings of the Church.

It is my hope that this ministry can be an opportunity for healing and reconciliation.

Most Rev. Anthony M. Pilla

Bishop of Cleveland

[history_matters]

I'm' afraid it is not related to Courage and it is the thinnest of covers for Dignity.

[Loyalist]

I have established the Gay and Lesbian Family Ministry to provide pastoral care for our homosexual brothers and sisters and their families in fidelity to the teachings of the Church.

I would really like to be able to take Bishop Pilla at his word. But I don't know enough about him to be able to parse that sentence. 'Fidelity to the teachings of the Church' means quite different things to Cardinal Mahoney and Bishop Bruskewitz. Can anyone advise?

[Diago]

I have established the Gay and Lesbian Family Ministry to I have established the Gay and Lesbian Family Ministry to provide pastoral care for our homosexual brothers and sisters and their families in fidelity to the teachings of the Church.

If the Bishop's statement is sincere, why is the Diocese promoting Gay Pride events. The interfaith service at a gay friendly Episcopal Church is part of a weekendlong Gay Pride Celbration including a parade.

This does not appear to be the type of event that provides "pastoral care for our homosexual brothers and sisters and their families in fidelity to the teachings of the Church."

[Notwithstanding]

The terms Gay and Lesbian and Pride are all agenda agit-prop words. To use terms that CELEBRATE a tendency toward perversion is anti-thetical to the Gospel. No bishop who cares about the souls of his flock would use such terms or allow them to be used by those doing work for the diocese.