William R. Callahan (priest)
William Reed Callahan (September 5, 1931 – July 5, 2010) was an American Catholic Church, Catholic priest whose activism to change Vatican City, Vatican policy on women's ordination, Homosexuality and Roman Catholicism, gay Catholics and social justice led to his expulsion from the Society of Jesus in 1991. He was thereafter forbidden to act as a priest. Callahan is also known as one of the co-founders of the Quixote Center. Social justice work Together with Dolly Pomerleau, he founded the Quixote Center in 1976. During the 1980s, the center raised $100 million towards humanitarian aid to the Sandinista National Liberation Front, Sandanista-led government of Nicaragua. During the visit of Pope John Paul II to the United States in 1979, Callahan implored priests "to refuse to help the pope in celebrating Mass (liturgy), Mass" in the hope that "more lay women would then have to be enlisted to assist at the services."Martin, Douglas"Rev. William R. Callahan Dies at 78; Dissi ...
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the ...
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