LGBT+ Group Celebrates 50 Years “From Banishment to a Blessing” By Pope Francis

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A Catholic LGBTQ+ group in England, once sidelined by church officials, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary last month, which include a message of congratulations from Pope Francis. Read More

How Catholics Celebrate Pride: Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich Honors 35 Years of AGLO Ministry

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Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago celebrated Mass to honor the 35th anniversary of the Archdiocesan Gay and Lesbian Outreach ministry (AGLO).  Read More

Vatican Set to Release Synod’s Next Working Document Later Today: Stay Tuned!

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Later today, at about 8:30 a.m. Eastern U.S. Time, the Vatican will release the Instrumentum Laboris, or working document, for the next assembly of the Synod this coming October. Read More

Do You Realize What I Have Done For You?

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Far too many individuals and groups of people, like LGBTQ+ folks, do not experience church as a place where that foundational Last Supper example that Jesus calls us to follow is practiced. Read More

Three Years Later, Theologians Reflect on Vatican’s Trans-Negative Schools Document

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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.” Read More

Archdiocese Apologies to LGBTQ+ Society Three Years After Discrimination Occurred

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Three years after an LGBTQ+ society was prohibited from renting a Catholic parish’s community center for an event, the organization has received an apology for the exclusion by the local archdiocese. Read More

Ten Years Later, Will LGBTQ Advocate Fr. Tony Flannery Receive Justice at the Vatican?

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After ten years of being silenced by the Vatican, due in part for his support of marriage equality, Ireland’s Fr. Tony Flannery is calling for an independent review of the Vatican’s ruling. Read More

Pope Francis Thanks Sr. Jeannine Gramick for Her 50 Years of LGBTQ Ministry

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Pope Francis has written a supportive letter to Sr. Jeannine Gramick, co-founder of New Ways Ministry, describing her work as in "'the style' of God." Read More

New Photo Collage Honors Sister Jeannine Gramick’s 50 Years of LGBTQ Ministry

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In 1971, Sister Jeannine Gramick, New Ways Ministry's co-founder, began ministry with LGBTQ people. She was prompted by a young gay man's question: "What is your church doing for people like me?" Read More

Decades Later, Catholic School Awards Gay Alum the Varsity Letter He Was Once Denied

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In 1958, a New Jersey Catholic high school denied Tom Ammiano his varsity later because of suspicions that he was gay, which he was.  In fact, Ammiano grew to become a noted gay activist and politician. Over 60 years later, the school has made reparations by honoring him with the rightfully earned letter. Read More