HELP On March 12, 2009, Ruth Kolpack was fired from her position as Pastoral Associate at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Beloit, Wisconsin. She had served the parish for the past 35 years.
 
The decision to fire Ruth, effective immediately, came after a ten minute meeting with Bishop Robert Morlino of the Catholic Diocese of Madison.
 
During this meeting, Ruth was asked to denounce her master's thesis, titled, "Inclusive Language for Naming God: A Challenge for the Church," in order to keep her job; she was given no opportunity to defend her work, nor explain why it would be dishonest for her to conform to the Bishop's request.

READ MORE ABOUT THIS INJUSTICE IN THE CORPUS FORUM.

 Priesthood serves the People of God by bringing healing and hope through sacramental celebration and pastoral care. It is God’s People who must discern their leaders and it is the bishops of the Church who are called to validate this in the normal course of events.
  

On July 31, 2006, eight Roman Catholic women were ordained as priests in Pittsburgh.  They were validly ordained by three consecrated female bishops.
 

With the release of the movie version of 'The Da Vinci Code' on May 19, it is reasonable to assume there will be general interest in the relationship that existed between Mary Magdalene and Jesus. While very little historical data exists that supports events depicted in Dan Brown's book, he does correctly draw upon recent scholarship that clears the bad reputation Mary Magdalene was stuck with for over one-thousand years.

CORPUS THANKS GAY PRIESTS FOR THEIR MINISTRIES
December 14, 2005
 
CORPUS, the National Association for an Inclusive Priesthood (www.corpus.org), wants to take this opportunity to say thank-you to the multitude of gay priests in the United States, and throughout the world, for their generous ministries they continue to share within their Roman Catholic faith communities.

August 20, 2003 An Open Letter to our Brothers in the Milwaukee Presbyterate: High Bridge, NJ: On behalf of the whole CORPUS community, we applaud the courage and energy it took for you in the Milwaukee presbyterate to facilitate a call for dialogue on the issue of optional celibacy for all called to priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church.

Scapegoating gay priests will not fix the systemic problems of abuse of power we've seen facing our Church today. We affirm the sacred presence of all those touched by God's grace. We deplore the attempt to declare that God's grace discriminates in terms of sexual orientation...