Eve Tushnet, Author at Catholic Herald

Eve Tushnet

There are many paths for gay Catholics. But we need to give them more support

September 04, 2020

In spite of the closure of ex-gay organisations, the defection of ex-gay leaders and studies showing that conversion therapy is rarely “successful” and often harmful, Catholics and other Christians still try to make gay people straight. Obviously “gay” and “straight” are social constructs, and only one way of organising our kaleidoscopic array of longings. Proposed

Making the most of isolation: Works of Mercy in an age of social distancing

March 26, 2020

Over the next few weeks, and very possibly months, we will have to get used to a new way of living. So how do we adjust to a Church without public Masses? How can we help the most vulnerable? And might there be opportunities to live better lives than we did before? This week, six

How the ‘celibacy recession’ is affecting young Catholics

December 12, 2019

You may have heard of the “sex recession”. But there’s a “celibacy recession” too. About a year ago headlines began to warn that, as an Atlantic cover story put it, “Despite the easing of taboos and the rise of hook-up apps, Americans are in the midst of a sex recession.” Millennials have less sex than

Pilgrimages are a time for making lifelong friends

January 25, 2019

In 1985, two historians traveled through Turkey and the Middle East together. Robin Darling Young and Susan Ashbrook Harvey started the trip as friends; they came home as sisters. Their bond of spiritual sisterhood was forged in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Here, over what is believed to be the tomb of

Intimacy, joy and relief: a painting that reveals the heart of penance

December 13, 2018

Ribalta’s great portrait shows that penance is not ultimately defined by our wrongdoing

How the Eucharist helps the lonely and the desperate

December 14, 2017

Difficult circumstances seem to make the Eucharist all the more powerful

Advent reflection: A devotion for the desperate

December 14, 2017

In 2015, a blog called Spiritual Friendship, which publishes theological and personal reflections of interest to gay people who accept the Christian sexual ethic, interviewed Kelley Cutler about her work with LGBT homeless youth. Cutler said: “One question I’ve asked most LGBT Catholics I’ve met is, ‘Why do you stay in the Church?’ Think about it:

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