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Latin America is becoming more secular
Catholicism is in swift decline, although there are growing numbers of evangelicals
Apr 14, 2021


HOC Condemns Papal Ban on Blessing of Gay Unions
This is contrary to Christian notions of the innate goodness of all persons. The Catholic Church must welcome and offer spiritual...
Mar 18, 2021


Seattle Times Brings our Mission To The Community
Article continues below, or read it all on the Seattle Times Web Site https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-archbishop-is-sto...
Jan 29, 2021


‘Looking back at 2020 and moving Forward in 2021’
HEAL OUR CHURCH.org Dear Heal Our Church (HOC) Supporter: For so many reasons, all of us have been ready for 2020 to end and pray for...
Jan 29, 2021


Victims First: Transparency Needed
I am not a theologian, lawyer, or therapist, but as other Catholics, I have accepted the duty of reflecting on the victims of clerical...
Oct 6, 2020


Heal Our Church plans virtual meeting, invites Archbishop and requests agreement on Joint Statement
June 1, 2020 Archbishop Paul Etienne Archdiocese of Seattle 710 9th Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 Dear Archbishop Etienne: We are taking this...
Jun 2, 2020


Archbishop Postpones Meeting, HOC Responds
The Archbishop cancelled the May 13th meeting we scheduled nearly four months previously under the concern of coronavirus. He was...
May 22, 2020


Pacific Northwest's largest newspaper advocates for Heal Our Church effort
EDITORIAL FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES: The Catholic Church’s egregious concealment of its sexual abuse scandals compounds the pain felt by...
Feb 14, 2020


Our Seattle Times op-ed: For healing, Catholic Church must open sexual-abuse scandal records
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission model recently proposed for the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle offers a path of healing in the afte
Feb 10, 2020


Straight-forward answers to Archbishop Etienne’s concerns about a Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Heartwarming, and in some cases heartbreaking, characterizes the outpouring of emails, phone calls and text messages we’ve received...
Feb 7, 2020


News release: Western Washington Catholics call on Archbishop to help form a Truth & Reconciliation
In wake sex abuse scandal, group develops plan to help heal church SEATTLE (Jan. 28, 2020)-- A broad-based group of Catholics in Western...
Jan 28, 2020
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