Vatican Marriage Conference Can Endanger the Good Will Pope Francis Has Built

Any good will from gay and lesbian people that was won because of the open discussions at the recent... Read More

Boston's Cardinal O'Malley: LGBT Church Worker Firings "Need to be Rectified"

In a one-to-one conversation following a public speaking engagement, Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley said that the... Read More

Will US Bishops Stop Obsessing About Marriage At Last?

The National Catholic Reporter published an editorial last week firmly criticizing the American bishops’ ongoing involvement in... Read More

Is it Possible for Bishops to Move Away from Marriage Equality Opposition?

Last week’s appearance of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone at the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) March in... Read More

Italian Transgender Relationship Tests Church and State Definitions of Marriage

A transgender marriage case in Italy may be paving the way for that nation to... Read More

Ignoring Pope Francis, US Bishops Reaffirm Their Work to Oppose Marriage Equality

It was a question asked last November, and now again this spring by those like Jesuit... Read More

SYNOD SHORTS: Vatican Censorship? Theory-Practice Gap? Fragmentation? Western Bias?

SYNOD SHORTS is a new, occasional series designed to bring you news about the upcoming... Read More

Who Is Perpetuating Real Harm in the Marriage Equality Debate?

Commensurate with expanding LGBT rights is the increasingly harsh anti-gay rhetoric of Catholic leaders opposed... Read More

Vice President Biden, Hobby Lobby, and a Religious Liberty Round-Up

This week Vice President Joe Biden called for a renewed legislative push to pass the... Read More

Jesuit Scholar Assesses Pope Francis' Approach to LGBT Issues

Jesuit Professor John Langan has published an article in America magazine which examines the significance of... Read More