Irish Seminary Leaders Defy Vatican Ban, Welcome Gay Men Called to Priesthood

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Leaders of Ireland's main seminary have said they would welcome gay men called to priestly ministry as long as they remained celibate, a statement contradicting the Vatican's instruction banning gay priests. Read More

Priests Compare Gay People to Infected Zombies, Blame Homosexuality for Autism

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Two priests involved with the Irish Church made disparaging comments about LGBTQ people recently, but thankfully in both cases, religious superiors intervened to stem the harm. Still, the comments show that LGBTQ people cannot yet expect even basic human decency from some Catholic clergy. Read More

Second Pro-LGBT Catholic Organization Has Been Ignored by World Meeting of Families

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An international coalition of Catholic LGBT organizations has become the second organization to announce that the World Meeting of Families (WMF) administrators have ignored their application to have an exhibit booth at the Dublin event in August. Read More

Pro-LGBT Irish Catholics Claim Discrimination by World Meeting of Families

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We Are Church Ireland has claimed organizers of the upcoming World Meeting of Families are discriminating against the group because of its reform-minded views, including on LGBT equality. Read More

Irish Catholics Launch Global Petition Seeking to Remove “Intrinsically Disordered” Language

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An Irish reform group has launched a global petition asking top Church leaders in that country to help change the way Catholic teaching refers to LGBTQI people. Read More

Irish Seminarians Deny Allegations of Gay Encounter

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An Irish seminarian of Rome’s Pontifical Irish College intends to bring a defamation suit against Irish media outlets that claimed he was found in bed with another seminarian. Read More

Priests and Laity Disappointed that LGBT Families Are Absent from World Meeting of Families Preparations

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With Pope Francis confirming his visit to the upcoming World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Irish priests and politicians have expressed hope that LGBT and other "non-traditional" families will be included. Read More

Homophobic Church “Not the Church of the Future,” Says Former Irish President Mary McAleese

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To mark International Women's Day earlier this week, the group Voices of Faith held an event in Rome about women in the Catholic Church. Titled "Why Women Matter," the event featured two LGBT advocates, former Irish President Mary McAleese and lesbian Catholic Ssenfuka Joanita Warry. The event also prompted a civil exchange between McAleese and an Irish bishop. Read More

Controversy at Irish Seminary Prompts Conversation on Gay Priests

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By Bob Shine, New Ways Ministry, October 13, 2016 This summer’s controversy at Ireland’s national seminary... Read More

Gay Priests Have a Place in the Catholic Church, Says Irish Senator

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An Irish legislator has affirmed a place for openly gay priests in the Catholic Church,... Read More