“The Beatitudes Have Become a Balm for My Queer Soul”
To other queer folx, I hope you hear in the Beatitudes an affirmation of your journey.
Entries by Guest Contributor
Strangers No Longer: Welcoming LGBTQ+ Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border
As a Sister of Providence who has ministered at the U.S.-Mexico border since 2019, I’ve been privileged to be part of this welcome, helping asylum seekers find refuge in the U.S., including LGBTQ+ people.
New Book “Queer God de Amor” is “Provocative and Illuminating”
Today’s post is a review of Miguel H. Diaz’s new book “Queer God de Amor” from Fordham Press.
Being LGBTQ+ and Glorious in God’s Sight
These are words that all of us always want to hear, especially those who have been hurt or excluded by others because of who we were created to be, such as those of us in the LGBTQ+ community.
Finding LGBTQ+ Epiphanies in the Heart of a Holy Child
The Magi came to look upon the baby Jesus. What if we look into the eyes and heart of this holy child and the adult he later became?
Benedict XVI in the Company of LGBTQ+ Saints
Since hearing of his death, I’ve imagined Benedict XVI sitting in a heavenly classroom where his teachers are queer martyrs and saints.
Three Years Later, Theologians Reflect on Vatican’s Trans-Negative Schools Document
America recently published a conversation between two theologians who were looking back, three years later, at the Vatican’s then-Congregation for Catholic Education’s (CCE) 2019 instruction “‘Male and Female He Created Them’: Towards a Path of Dialogue on the Question of Gender Theory in Education.”
Ahead of Supreme Court Arguments, Lay Catholics Submit Pro-LGBTQ+ Amicus Brief
27+ is an advocacy group of faithful, practicing members of the Roman Catholic Church who believe the teachings of Jesus Christ and our church support welcoming, not rejecting, all people including LGBTQ+ people.
This Is an Issue of Life and Death
Plain and simple: this is an issue of life and death.
LGBTQ+ Vulnerability as a Pathway to Genuine Prayer
Many of us in the LGBTQ+ community know of vulnerability in prayer. We are left to the mercy of God and trust that God has our best interests in mind.