Ireland’s World Meeting of Families Continues to Spark LGBTQ Debate

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The Vatican’s World Meeting of Families which will be held in Dublin, Ireland, in August continues to make headlines in regards to LGBTQ issues especially with Pope Francis scheduled to visit for the end of the event. Read More

Ireland’s Top Archbishop Says Church “Struggles to Find a Language” to Relate to LGBT People

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Speaking about the upcoming World Meeting of Families, Ireland's top bishop has said the institutional Church struggles to relate to LGBT people and other people who do not conform to the magisterium's ideal image of family. Read More

Catholic Family Values and Same-Sex Marriage in Ireland: Three Years Later

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Nearly three years after Ireland’s successful 2015 referendum on same-sex marriage, it’s worth asking how such a Catholic country is faring afterward and how it managed to pass same-sex marriage legislation in the first place. Read More

Why Ireland’s Catholic Counseling Service Should Assist Lesbian and Gay Couples

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Catholic agencies in Ireland that provide counselling to married couples could lose their government funding if they continue to refuse to provide service to legally married gay and lesbian couples. Read More

Politician Set to Become Catholic Ireland’s First Gay Prime Minister

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The son of an Indian father and Irish mother is set to become Ireland’s first... Read More

Catholic Scouts in Ireland Working on Policy to Welcome Transgender Children

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A Catholic scouting organization in Ireland is developing a policy about transgender girls that looks like it... Read More

LGBT Christmas in Ireland: “We Are All the Same in God”

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At Dublin, Ireland’s 18th Annual LGBT Christmas Carol Service , the guest speaker was Ursula... Read More

LGBT Pilgrimage to Ireland, Land of Rainbows and Wedding Bells–Part 2

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Today’s post is Part Two of a two-part series on New Ways Ministry’s pilgrimage to Ireland.... Read More

LGBT Pilgrimage to Ireland, Land of Rainbows and Wedding Bells–Part 1

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Today’s post is Part One of a two-part series on New Ways Ministry’s pilgrimage to... Read More

Ireland Ends "Year of Equality" with LGBT Church Worker Protections

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Ireland’s lawmakers ended the country’s “Year of Equality” by passing a bill that will ban discrimination... Read More