In Peter’s Declaration, We Learn the True Definition of Allyship
What if our allyship and activism were instead unwavering, just like Peter’s belief in Jesus?
Sarah Cassidy (she/her) is a writer and student from New York. She is a graduate from Fordham University, where she majored in Psychology and minored in English and Classical Civilizations. She spent a year in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps where she was placed in San Francisco, CA. While there, Sarah worked as a case manager at a local nonprofit focused on family stabilization. She is currently a graduate student at Columbia University School of Social Work. Sarah is passionate about LGBTQ+ rights, church reform, and community organizing.
What if our allyship and activism were instead unwavering, just like Peter’s belief in Jesus?
A Catholic student in Virginia is suing her local school board, claiming that the district’s transgender protections are “fundamentally at odds with her religious beliefs.”
Faculty members at St. Edward’s University, Texas, are expected to hold a confidence vote about the school’s president, following students’ concerns about the administration’s removal of a Pride flag on campus.
After a Pride flag in a Catholic university’s campus coffeehouse was removed by school administrators, students are calling for changes to increase inclusivity at the institution.
LGBTQ+ groups in Staten Island will now be able to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by marching in a welcoming parade.
After recognizing at age nine that he was gay, James Alison, a priest and theologian, spent many scholarly years trying to understand why queer people are targets in society. His conclusion: the queer community has become victims of the age-old practice known as “scapegoating.”
A journalist is calling for education leaders to have “courage” in their of support LGBTQ+ people after he went public about discrimination he faced at a Catholic school.
For Franciscan Fr. Daniel Horan, Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican’s declaration allowing blessings for of same-gender couples, is a small, but important step towards LGBTQ+ visibility in the church.
“U.S. Catholic” asked readers late last year to complete a survey answering the question, “Is queer theology compatible with Catholicism?” Now the results have been released.
Catholic bishops in a southern state of India are protesting what they claim is the promotion of homosexuality after a new film was released that advocates for LGBTQ+ rights.
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