The Unique Spirituality of Father Mychal Judge
Is Mychal Judge a gay saint? Yes, without a doubt. But not simply because he was a gay man who was also holy.
Entries by Francis DeBernardo, Editor
The Two Sides of Being Prophetic
Living a life as your authentic self is not going to please everyone. In fact, just by being yourself, you may actually unintentionally end up challenging or even threatening some people, structures, and institutions.
NEXT STEPS: Examining Your Parish or Faith Community
What is your parish or faith community ready for in terms of LGBTQ ministry? Learn how to find out by doing a simple parish assessment and inventory.
Next Steps: Catholic Church Teaching About LGBTQ Pastoral Ministry
Since the 1970s, Catholic Church leaders have issued strong calls for pastoral ministry to LGBTQ people, yet so few Catholics know about this tradition.
Feminist Liturgies Book Offers Resources for LGBTQ Prayer Events
If you would like to organize a liturgy or prayer service in your parish or faith community that celebrates the gifts of LGBTQ people, a new resource provides some guidance and inspiration.
Next Steps: Catholic Church Teaching About Prejudice, Discrimination, and LGBTQ Civil Rights
This area of church teaching on LGBTQ issues has much less to do with LGBTQ people and much more to do with the wider community. It calls on this wider community to check their own attitudes, assumptions, and misconceptions about LGBTQ people.
Detroit Families Group Will Continue Its Ministry Separate From National Network
This situation illustrates a tension that exists in LGBTQ ministry with regard to whether a group chooses to express their dissenting views on the church’s sexual ethics teaching or to minister while remaining neutral or expressing support for the church’s teaching on sexual ethics.
New Ways Ministry: SCOTUS Ruling on Religious Exemptions Leaves LGBTQ People Vulnerable
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel not to protect workers at religious institutions from employment discrimination leaves many people, especially LGBTQ people, vulnerable to being fired by institutions that should be the model of fairness and equality, not bigotry and exclusion.
Next Steps: Catholic Church Teaching About Homosexuality
Were you to ask an average person on the street what the Catholic Church teaches about LGBTQ people, perhaps one of the most common answers you would get is “The Catholic Church? They’re against them.” However, that impression is wrong.
Catholics Continue to Welcome Supreme Court’s Ruling on LGBTQ Employment Protections
Catholics have continued to welcome the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week that endorses non-discrimination…