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A short round-up of news items for you today!
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A short round-up of news items for you today!
Bishop Robert Barron has said he does not believe the church should seek to overturn…
Caitlyn Jenner’s coming out via Vanity Fair and the ensuing national conversation has triggered some foolish responses from Catholic clergy.
“Confession of this God obliges us to an interpretation of the world and an ethos that respects the dignity of every human being as a creature of God—regardless of origin, gender, and social status…”
And also, Bishop Barron’s silence about Trump, and a Catholic law school protest against conservative political group.
This was the second time in less than two weeks that a USSCB leader has praised Trump for executive orders which will have negative effects on transgender and nonbinary people.
With notable speed, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops agreed at the fall assembly to act on the Vatican’s transgender-negative declaration Dignitas Infinita. Elections at the assembly may, however, signal a shift toward Pope Francis happening in the conference.
There is no Gospel account of Jesus’ attending a drag brunch. But I venture that if Jesus were alive today, he might have eaten overpriced eggs in a dive bar some morning among queer folks and friends.
What do LGBTQ+ Catholics and allies think about the U.S. bishops’ conference new website defending marriage as an exclusively heterosexual institution?
The U.S. bishops’ spring meeting is generally not a newsmaker, and indeed, has sometimes just been a private retreat. But the plenary this June was quite different, and far more controversial, for several LGBTQ-related reasons. Today’s post provides updates on some of the speeches and votes relevant to gender and sexuality issues.