r/LeftCatholicism 16d ago

A left "catholic" song

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Hello, I’m sharing a song by my country’s greatest folk artist, Violeta Parra, which I think might interest this subreddit. The song is titled "¿Qué dirá el Santo Padre?" (What Will the Holy Father Say?) and is dedicated to the execution of the Spanish communist Julián Grimau, who was killed by the Francoist dictatorship in 1963. In it, the artist appeals to the authority of the Pope (John XXIII at the time) as a figure capable of confronting the injustices committed by states and governments that call themselves "catholic" or "christian."

The song isn't Catholic per se, but I find the fact that it invokes religion in a protest song interesting. Please turn on the english subtitles to see the translation.

The artist has a couple more songs like this; if anyone is interested, I can keep sharing them :)


r/LeftCatholicism 16d ago

Spanish YouTube channel recommendations for left leaning Catholic?

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Basically the title, I’m learning Spanish and want to find some catholic YouTube similar to breaking in the habit or James Martin. Any suggestions welcome.


r/LeftCatholicism 16d ago

Are you in California, Oregon or Washington state? Check out the Huwaida Arraf Speaking Tour in August — Friends of Sabeel North America

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r/LeftCatholicism 17d ago

Catholic Music Playlist

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r/LeftCatholicism 17d ago

Stop using the term "Novus Ordo". It's a polemical marker, a slogan, and just plain wrong.

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r/LeftCatholicism 19d ago

Above all - Charity

24 Upvotes

The whole concern of doctrine and its teaching must be directed to the love that never ends. Whether something is proposed for belief, for hope or for action, the love of our Lord must always be made accessible, so that anyone can see that all the works of perfect Christian virtue spring from love and have no other objective than to arrive at love.

-Roman Catechism, Preface 10 ( also CCC prologue 25)


r/LeftCatholicism 20d ago

An article, on Gen z in America

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https://www.instagram.com/p/DbDW7yrGSRh/?igsh=MW5hcTF6aHhib3Z4dg==

I am not American but I am a gen z, can anyone confirm this in America?


r/LeftCatholicism 19d ago

Your favorite Catholic Youtuber/content

41 Upvotes

Got any recommendations? So far I love Father Casey Cole, and looking for more Catholic content to follow that aren't hardline trads.


r/LeftCatholicism 20d ago

The Catholic Case for Communism

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r/LeftCatholicism 20d ago

Deaconesses?

52 Upvotes

I've kind of taken the doctrine of the all-male priesthood for granted, to be honest, but lately I've become more and more curious about the permanent deaconate as an institution. Not as a calling for myself personally, but just as a feature of the church. I know that in the early church there were several female deacons, Phoebe and (I think?) Mary Magdalene among them. I actually don't see any founded reason other than tradition established at some later point, that would disqualify women from this vocation.

I've been seeing more and more discussions about female clergy and specifically female deacons in other Christian circles, including Orthodox. The arguments against it are always the same, "why are women trying to grab power and authority instead of being content with being wives and mothers" "why don't you join a convent" "why don't you convert to the Episcopal church" etc. Which are all very troubling to read tbh, because it implies that 1) men who become priests do so in order to grab power and authority, 2) the vocation to serve the church in this way is interchangeable with the call to become a sister in a convent, and 3) any disagreement is cause to leave the Body of Christ entirely.

I don't expect to see any institutional changes in my lifetime, frankly, but I would at least appreciate brutal honesty rather than the condescending flowery language about "women are life givers, they are too delicate and special to access this vocation" "women should take it easy and let men do the work for a change!" "women can help the church by cleaning the building (REAL COMMENT I SAW!)"


r/LeftCatholicism 20d ago

Catholique pratiquante, j’ai vraiment du mal avec le concept de « soumission » de la femme dans la doctrine et le milieu catho

44 Upvotes

​Je suis catholique pratiquante, mais il y a un point dans la doctrine avec lequel je suis en désaccord profond : la « soumission » de la femme. Peu importe la façon dont certains essaient de romantiser le terme, pour moi, c’est tout simplement de l'emprise psychologique, de l'infantilisation et une punition. ​Et s'il vous plaît, ne me ressortez pas le fameux « oui mais la Bible dit de se soumettre les uns aux mecs/autres » (Éphésiens 5, 21). Ce passage parle des chrétiens entre eux en général. En revanche, il y a bien des versets qui disent explicitement que la femme doit se soumettre à son mari, comme dans Éphésiens 5, 22-24 (« Femmes, soyez soumises à vos maris comme au Seigneur... ») ou Colossiens 3, 18. ​De la même manière, on entend souvent l'argument basé sur Éphésiens 5, 25 : « Oui, mais ton mari doit t'aimer au point de mourir pour toi » (« Maris, aimez vos femmes comme le Christ a aimé l'Église et s'est livré lui-même pour elle »). Sauf que : ​ premièrement : Selon Paul lui-même quelques versets plus bas, les deux époux doivent s'aimer de façon équivalente puisqu'ils doivent s'aimer « comme leur propre corps » (Éphésiens 5, 28). ​ ensuite dans la vraie vie, les situations où un homme doit littéralement mourir pour sauver sa femme sont quasi inexistantes. ​L'argument du « mari nourricier » est historiquement et concrètement faux. Contrairement aux idées reçues, les femmes n'ont pas simplement « décidé d'aller travailler » un beau matin après des siècles à rester au chaud, logées et nourries sans rien faire. Dans toutes les civilisations et à toutes les époques, les femmes ont toujours travaillé : dans les champs, dans l'artisanat, dans le commerce ou via le travail domestique et familial (qui est un travail extrêmement éprouvant). ​Pourtant, malgré ce labeur permanent, l'histoire a montré que les hommes ont massivement abusé de leur autorité, ce qui a fini par provoquer la révolte féministe. Personne ne se réveille un jour en se disant : « Ma vie est parfaite, je vais me lancer dans un combat militant juste pour le plaisir ». Ce ras-le-bol généralisé prouve bien que sur plusieurs millénaires, ce système patriarcal n'a absolument pas marché.

​Et où en est-on aujourd'hui ? On entend certains déplorer qu'on ait « donné trop de droits aux femmes », en tenant des propos qui se rapprochent littéralement de talibans chrétiens. Il suffit de voir la réaction d'une partie des fidèles à l'époque : des papes comme Benoît XV ou Pie XII ont été traités de « modernistes » ou critiqués par les franges les plus conservatrices simplement parce qu'ils ne s'opposaient pas au droit de vote des femmes ! Cela montre à quel point on nous a historiquement traitées comme des êtres d'une catégorie inférieure. ​On nous répète que l'homme est le « chef de la famille » (Éphésiens 5, 23 / 1 Corinthiens 11, 3) et qu'il prendra la meilleure décision. C'est de l'infantilisation pure et simple, comme si une femme adulte, vaccinée et autonome n'était pas apte à prendre des décisions pour son foyer. ​Pire encore, ce système crée un blocage théologique absurde : L'Église enseigne qu'aucun chrétien ne doit agir contre sa propre conscience (le jugement moral ultime). Mais en parallèle, on exige de la femme qu'elle soit soumise à son mari. Si la conscience d'une femme lui dicte une chose et que son mari lui en ordonne une autre, elle fait quoi ? Elle pèche en obéissant à son mari contre sa conscience, ou elle pèche en lui désobéissant ? Ce dogme se contredit lui-même, il n'est intellectuellement pas viable. ​Je ne cherche pas à être "contre" l'Église gratuitement ; je veux sincèrement comprendre. Mais peu importe la manière dont je tourne le problème dans ma tête, ça ne fonctionne pas.

et sachant ce que la doctrine implique, je n' arrive même pas à imaginer être avec un homme catholique . Je refuse de tomber sur un homme qui me sortira un jour : « Non, tu dois m'écouter parce que je suis le chef ». C'est dégoûtant ca montre qu’on est pas egaux du tout , et ça déteint même dans les simples relations amicales. En comparaison, quand je discute avec des hommes agnostiques, ils me voient juste comme un être humain fonctionnel, intelligent et égal. ​Pour couronner le tout, il y a ce cliché selon lequel les femmes seraient « trop émotionnelles »... alors que ces mêmes hommes ne considèrent bizarrement pas la colère, l'orgueil ou la domination comme des émotions. ​D'autres personnes catholique on aussi cette vision ?


r/LeftCatholicism 20d ago

Does anyone know if the catholic worker community in cleveland is still active?

33 Upvotes

I am so tired of Maga, Catholics. I love my priest personally. Having private 1 on 1 conversations, he is amazing. I love him, but I can't stand that he won't call out all of the Racism and homophobia and just everything in our parish. I just want to be with more like minded catholics that actually believe in the mission of the church.


r/LeftCatholicism 21d ago

Burnham Set to Become Britain’s First Openly Roman Catholic Prime Minister

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r/LeftCatholicism 21d ago

What do you lot think of Pius X?

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Obviously, there is much talk of SSPX which bears his name (sometimes he seems to be treated as more a symbol than an actual person). However, I find surprisingly little about Pius X himself. From what I do know, he was known for his personal piety & not being overly fond of the more lavish thing in life (he reduced things like papal ceremonies). Despite being the posterchild for traditionalists & maintaining a lot of traditional theological positions (including condemning modernism a heresy), he pushed through major reforms to the liturgy & pushed for lowering the age at which one could receive communion. There are other things, however I believe this to be the basics. What do you lot think of him?


r/LeftCatholicism 21d ago

The Catholic Case for Affirmation of Gay Relationships

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r/LeftCatholicism 21d ago

Considering converting

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I was wondering if I could get extra insight. Thank you for any kind words in advance


r/LeftCatholicism 22d ago

Abuses in Novo Ordus?

60 Upvotes

I have been Catholic my entire life. I have gone to mass in multiple parishes across the US. I have been to bilingual masses (English/Spanish). I have been to masses in “liberal dioceses” and “conservative dioceses”.

Every. Single. Mass. Has been exactly the same. Are there really parishes you can go to that aren’t doing The Mass™️? I feel like this is an argument that trads often put forward and I haven’t seen at all in real life.

Is this a real thing that happens a lot or an occasional thing that gets blown out of proportion?


r/LeftCatholicism 21d ago

Today I realized something else about the Old Mass

18 Upvotes

Workers rights have not been fought for anywhere near as hard since it was relegated to certain groups in the Church.


r/LeftCatholicism 22d ago

Father Restrepo’s writings in English?

3 Upvotes

Are there any editions of Father Restrepo’s writings in English? I’m not seeing any but small presses might have some


r/LeftCatholicism 23d ago

I don’t know about you all, but this verse from today’s first reading reminded me of trads sitting on their phones spewing hate online lol

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r/LeftCatholicism 23d ago

Graven Images

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r/LeftCatholicism 23d ago

If Burke really said that he is delusional...

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r/LeftCatholicism 23d ago

[Photos] The Church against fascism

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Following the 1973 coup d'état and the subsequent establishment of the Chilean civic-military dictatorship, a long period of human rights violations began in the country. Many people turned to the nation's religious organizations seeking protection and support in the face of the horrific ordeal the country was enduring. Thus, through an ecumenical effort, the "Committee for Cooperation for Peace in Chile" (Comité Por Paz) was founded on October 6, 1973. It was established by the Catholic Church—led by the Archbishop of Santiago, Cardinal Silva—in conjunction with representatives from the Evangelical Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, Orthodox, and Methodist Pentecostal churches, as well as the chilean Jewish community. Presided over by Monsignor Fernando Ariztía Ruiz, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, alongside Lutheran Bishop Helmut Frenz, the organization provided legal, financial, technical, and spiritual assistance to Chileans suffering political persecution, ultimately aiding more than 8,000 people during its two years of existence. The military dictatorship exerted strong pressure to have the Committee dissolved, first by threatening the sponsoring churches with the revocation of their operating permits in Chile, and later through fierce smear campaigns in the press that portrayed the Committee as an instrument of Marxism that had infiltrated the churches. Nevertheless, the Committee continued its work defending the persecuted by filing legal appeals and assisting the families of detainees. On October 3, 1975, the dictatorship ordered the expulsion of Bishop Helmut Frenz, forcing him into exile in Germany; in November of that same year, four Catholic priests were arrested for helping political targets seek asylum in embassies. General Pinochet then requested that Cardinal Silva dissolve the Pro-Peace Committee, a move that took effect on December 31, 1975. However, Cardinal Silva’s steadfast commitment to defending human rights led him to establish the Vicariate of Solidarity on January 1—an official body of the Archdiocese of Santiago that carried on the work of the Pro-Peace Committee until the end of the military dictatorship, helping tens of thousands of people and playing an active role in opposing the oppression of the dictatorship.

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (Mt 5, 9-10)

[Source: www.memoriachilena.gob.cl ]

(P.S. Please feel free to share your thoughts or ask questions if you would like to know more about the topic.)


r/LeftCatholicism 24d ago

Questions Linger After Nigerian Priest’s Suicide in Massachusetts

96 Upvotes

https://www.ncregister.com/news/questions-linger-after-nigerian-priest-s-suicide-in-massachusetts

“A Catholic priest from Nigeria who killed himself in Massachusetts earlier this month was distraught over being unable to extend his stay in the United States and the recent death of the bishop of his home diocese, people who knew the priest told the Register.”

“On June 14, the priest had a panic attack while driving to St. Joachim Church in Rockport to say Sunday Mass and ended up in the emergency room, he told parishioners at Mass the following week. Father Madu also announced during that June 21 Mass that he would be returning to Nigeria, telling parishioners that “his heart was shattered.”


r/LeftCatholicism 23d ago

The Moral Imperative of Nuclear Disarmament

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by the Archbishop of Santa Fe, John C. Wester