Two-Spirit Student Leaves Catholic School After Repeated Gender-Based Discrimination

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A Two-Spirit student has left Montana Catholic high school after facing discrimination due to the local diocese's transgender-negative policy couple with school administrators' actions.  Read More

How Is Your Catholic Community Celebrating Pride?

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Let's show the world that Catholics know how to celebrate Pride!  Read More

Will Pope Francis Speak Out After Catholics Helped Pass Uganda’s Harsh New Anti-Gay Law?

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At least one diocese in Uganda has applauded the country's president for signing a new law further criminalizing LGBTQ+ people that includes the death penalty as a sanction, while Catholic politicians were key to the law's passage. Ahead of the law's passage, LGBTQ+ advocates appealed to Pope Francis for intervention. Will he do so now? Read More

Catholic Teacher in Scotland Raises Concern about Anti-Gay Material in Textbook

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A Catholic high school teacher in Scotland who is also a city councilor has criticized a a religion textbook used in the Archdiocese of Glasgow schools as anti-gay. Read More

Bishop Bonny: Support for LGBTQ+ Blessings Is “Not Going Against the Pope”

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The Flemish bishops' opening to bless LGBTQ+ couples is "not going against the pope," one of those bishops has said based on personal conversations with Pope Francis. Read More

Six Sisters of Mercy in New Hampshire Join Interfaith Letter to Defeat Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

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Six Sisters of Mercy have joined interfaith leaders in an effort to defeat anti-LGBTQ legislation in New Hampshire. The sisters signed an open letter, published by the New Hampshire Council of Churches, asserting that “LGBTQ+ people, especially youth, are created in the image of God. Their civil rights are sacred and must be protected.” Read More

Speaking in Tongues and Throwing Bricks, the Holy Spirit Is Alive at Pentecost—and at Pride

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Then the Holy Spirit burst forth—at Pentecost and at Pride. In Jerusalem, the disciples of Jesus spoke in tongues. At Stonewall, the friends of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera threw bricks. Read More

Sr. Jeannine Gramick to L.A. Dodgers: “I Support Your Honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.”

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Today's post includes a statement from Sr. Jeannine Gramick, SL, co-founder of New Ways Ministry, about the recent controversy involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Read More

Alumni Protest New Hampshire Catholic School Over Firing of LGBTQ+ and Ally Teachers

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Community members of a New Hampshire Catholic school have launched protests alleging school administrators fired staff members who refused to attend an anti-transgender training. Read More

Catholics Involved in Controversy Over L.A. Dodgers Honoring Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

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A Major League Baseball team and a controversial LGBTQ+ group have been at the center of a dispute prompted by right wing Catholics over the group being given an award. The dispute has led to a wider conversation about Catholic sisters and real inclusion. Read More