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The author of this horrific tweet has ties to @opusdeius, @CatholicUniv, @firstthingsmag, Cr!s!s Magazine, the Dignitatis Humanum Institute, @TACollege, the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, the Holy See delegation at the UN, and other Catholic organizations/leaders (thread)
... Ruse is president C-FAM (Center for Family and Human Rights). Thomas Aquinas College has called the organization “a prominent Catholic NGO at the United Nations.” C-FAM promotes especially a “pro life” position and a defense of “traditional marriage.” ...
... Ruse is
-on the Board of Directors for Bannon’s Dignitatis Humanum Institute
-a regular contributor to Crisis
-in the “Founders Circle” for the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
-a member of Opus Dei
-featured in a June First Things interview
... https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2020/06/battles-at-the-un
-on the Board of Directors for Bannon’s Dignitatis Humanum Institute
-a regular contributor to Crisis
-in the “Founders Circle” for the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
-a member of Opus Dei
-featured in a June First Things interview
... https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2020/06/battles-at-the-un
... Fr. Paul Sullins, a member of the faculty at Catholic University of America, is on the C-FAM Board of Directors. If you recall, Fr. Sullins published a study with the Ruth Institute in 2019 claiming a link between homosexuality and clergy abuse:
https://yarespond.wixsite.com/catholic/post/statistics-clergy-abuse-and-homosexuality-the-sullins-report
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https://yarespond.wixsite.com/catholic/post/statistics-clergy-abuse-and-homosexuality-the-sullins-report
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The Ruth Institute is also an NGO with Catholic leadership lobbying at the UN.
Catholic racism is linked to Catholic homophobia is embedded in the upper eschelons of American Catholicism (which is managed by polemicists funded by rich conservatives).
The Ruth Institute is also an NGO with Catholic leadership lobbying at the UN.
Catholic racism is linked to Catholic homophobia is embedded in the upper eschelons of American Catholicism (which is managed by polemicists funded by rich conservatives).
... In 2015, I was denied a Holy See internship because I was gay. They said they didn’t want to put me into the highly politicized environment. I now wonder whether they were worried about me being harmed, not by secular groups, but by Catholic leaders. https://chrisdamian.net/2019/12/18/i-almost-worked-for-the-holy-see-one-gay-catholics-response-to-discrimination/
To be clear: this thread isn’t about “cancelling” someone. It’s to point out issues in the Church that most Catholic leaders (including bishops) don’t want to address. Perhaps to maintain influence or donors?
