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At Fall Assembly, U.S. Bishops Vote to Double-Down on LGBTQ-Negative Agenda

November 21, 2019/7 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The U.S. bishops begin their fall assembly today during which they are set to approve anti-transgender work as a strategic priority. They will also likely vote in an LGBTQ-negative president and choose the chair of their religious liberty committee. Read More

Betsy DeVos’ Visit to Catholic School Highlights Diocesan Ban on Transgender Students, Staff

September 27, 2019/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A visit by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to a Catholic school has highlighted diocesan policies to which that school adheres which ban transgender students and employees who receive gender confirming surgery or related healthcare. Read More

Transfiguration: A Complete Change Into a More Beautiful State

March 17, 2019/2 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Dwayne Fernandes

Each time we disclose a truth about ourselves, we part a veil. By doing so, we invite others to come into our lives and make contact with us. Parting any veil forces a degree of vulnerability and demands unimaginable trust and faith. Read More

Pope Francis Meets with LGBT Pilgrims as Sixth Anniversary of His Election Approaches

March 12, 2019/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In an historic moment for the Catholic Church, members of a pilgrimage for LGBT+ Catholics and their families met with Pope Francis last week and participated in an Ash Wednesday service he led. Read More

German Cardinal Promotes Disproven Theory Linking Homosexuality and Sexual Abuse

January 7, 2019/4 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A top German bishop has claimed homosexuality is what is behind the church's clergy sexual abuse scandal, the latest church official to promote a disproven theory assailing gay priests. Read More

Will the U.S. Bishops Help Donald Trump “Erase” Transgender People?

November 1, 2018/6 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

With President Donald Trump seeking to erase transgender people as a category, will the U.S. bishops be complicit in this egregious human rights violation or will they at last defend the trans community when it faces attacks? Read More

Are Voices of Young U.S. Catholics Being Represented at Synod on Youth?

October 3, 2018/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

With the Synod on Youth set to begin today, will the views of young Catholics in the United States on LGBT issues be fairly represented by the nation's bishop-delegates and other participants? Read More