Catholics Can Help Stalled Acceptance Rates for LGBTQ People in U.S.–And in Our Church
Isn’t public opinion on LGBTQ people improving? The complicated answer holds some surprising lessons for…
Entries by Cristina Traina
Vatican’s Gender Document Harms ALL, Not Just LGBTQI Folks
“The guidelines will do real harm not just to trans and intersex students and families, or even LGBQ students and families, but all students and families. The document gets so much wrong about sex and gender—including how straight and cisgender people live in the world. “
Between Ruddock and a Hard Place: Australia’s Cautionary Lessons on Religious Freedom
As the Masterpiece Cakeshop’s legal saga continues to unfold, LGBTQ people of faith are again caught between two legal aims: LGBTQ equality and religious freedom. How can we use the law to curtail unjust religious discrimination against LGBTQ folk without inadvertently setting precedents that limit religious liberty?
He said, He said: Kenneth Woodward, Carlo Maria Viganò, and “Homosexual Networks”
The turn of a new year does not seem to have stilled the search for scapegoats in the sex abuse crisis.
“Here is the Church. . . “: Reflecting on a Conference About Lesbian Nuns
Here is the church, here is the steeple. . . . .Some lessons learned and insights gained at a conference about lesbian nuns.
Theology or Ideology? Parsing Vatican Thinking on Sex and Sexuality
Pope Francis’s theology of sex and gender complementarity has hardened into an ideology that uses a single strand strand of reflection about God to powerfully determine Catholic sacrament, canon law, and ethics.
Overcoming Welcome-ish: A Challenge
How welcoming are welcoming parishes really?
With Civility for All
In a summer when uncivil behavior seems to accost us from all sides, 24-year-old Mia…
Navigating the Difficult Passage Between Conscience and Justice
Responses to the Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop decision are generating a library’s worth of commentary,…
Lay Catholic Support for LGBTQ Rights Grows in U.S.
A new report from the Public Religion Research Institute weighs religious support for LGBT issues. The reality of U.S. Catholic support for LGBT equality may surprise you.