Supposedly there is some kind of world-wide Catholic think tank going on at the moment where lay-people and clergy (including gay and lesbian Catholics) gather to have a chat about what it is they’re about and where it is they want to go. It’s an initiative by Pope Francis so it seems that Bishop Robert J. McManus* of the Diocese of Worcester might be going off script somewhat.
I only know this 'cos I caught the 6 o’clock news earlier but a quick google didn’t turn up anything about it. I don’t generally watch the 6 o’clock news or know anything that goes on in the Catholic church here (Ireland).
*Also, fuck this fucking throwback bigot.
(A quick google of Bishop Robert J. McManus of the Diocese of Worcester turns up that the bigot is Bishop of Worcester Massachusetts and not Worcester England as I had first assumed, which makes more sense. I expect the Bishop of Worcester England is probably a nice old gent along the lines of the Vicar of Dibley.)
