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As Church Debates LGBTQ+ Issues, Catholic Sisters Forge Ahead

December 5, 2023/1 Comment/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The Catholic Church's dialogue about LGBTQ+ issues has advanced greatly under Pope Francis, yet whether and how to provide welcome and inclusion remains controverted. As has often been the case, women religious are not waiting in their outreach. Today's post highlights how Catholic sisters are forging ahead on LGBTQ+ inclusion. Read More

Pope Francis Hosts Transgender Women for Vatican Luncheon

November 22, 2023/3 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Pope Francis, Synod on Synodality, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Pope Francis welcomed a group of transgender women, with whom he has formed an ongoing relationship, to a luncheon at the Vatican last week marking the church's World Day of the Poor. Read More

A Foundation for Future Hope

October 4, 2023/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Brian Flanagan

The most important part of the responses released Monday for the future place of LGBTQ+ people in the Catholic Church doesn’t mention LGBTQ+ issues at all. Read More

Activists Protest Outside Vatican for Lesbian Mothers’ Rights; And More News

September 2, 2023/0 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post includes news about lesbian activists' protest outside the Vatican in support of mothers' rights, a controversy over a Hungarian Catholic publisher's textbook, and more. Read More

Vatican Veto of LGBTQ-Positive Theologian’s Appointment Raises Serious Concerns

August 11, 2023/4 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Higher Education, Marriage & Family, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Angela Howard-McParland

The Vatican's has intervened to stop a theologian from becoming dean of an Italian seminary apparently over his views on sexuality, which include LGBTQ-positive writings. The debacle has raised concerns about academic freedom in the church and the relationship between the academy and the Roman Curia. Read More

On Vatican Podcast, Pope Francis Tells Transgender Youth: “God Loves Us As We Are”

July 27, 2023/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Pope Francis said to a transgender youth that "God loves us as we are," his latest LGBTQ-positive comment when engaging young people. Read More

Pope Francis Names Two Pastorally-Inclined Cardinals Open to LGBTQ+ Issues

July 15, 2023/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Pope Francis announced a new round of cardinals to be created at a consistory this September, one the new head of the Vatican's doctrinal office who is open to blessing queer couples and the other a Polish archbishop who seems more LGBTQ-positive than his country's episcopate at large. Read More

How Are Synod Assembly Participants on LGBTQ+ Issues? — Part III

July 14, 2023/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Gender Identity, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post concludes our series highlighting some of the more LGBTQ-positive participants in this October's assembly for the Synod on Synodality, as the process is informally known. Read More

Hope and Disappointment for LGBTQ+ People Spring from List of Synod Participants

July 7, 2023/2 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Higher Education, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The participants’ list for the Synod’s next assembly causes both hope and disappointment for New Ways Ministry as we work for LGBTQ+ inclusion. This news commits us to continue working to ensure LGBTQ+ people will be heard in the church’s synodal process. Read More

Global Survey of Catholic Women Finds Significant Support for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Church

May 19, 2023/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Statistics, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A survey of Catholic women worldwide released this spring has found respondents to be largely supportive of LGBTQ+ inclusion, though not as much for sacramental marriage equality and with diversity in terms of where such support is found geographically. Read More

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