Catholics React to Obama Signing LGBT Executive Order

President Barack Obama signed an executive order yesterday prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual... Read More

Spanish Nun: Same-Gender Relationships Are a 'Sacrament' of God's Love

Spain’s Sister Teresa Forcades is a well-known activist for women’s rights, political autonomy in her home country... Read More

Fired Food Pantry Worker Files Lawsuit, Seeks Healing

Colleen Simon was “shell-shocked” when her Catholic employer fired her for being a married lesbian woman.... Read More

Bishops Defund Immigrant Rights Group in Guilt-By-Association Case

The Voz Workers’ Rights Education Project in Portland, Oregon advocates for and aids migrant workers.... Read More

Catholic Schools To Recognize Students' Chosen Gender Identities

In an historic policy, Catholic schools in the Canadian city of Vancouver will recognize transgender... Read More

Mexican Bishop Calls Homophobic People "Sick"

In an interview with El País newspaper, the outspoken bishop used some of his most powerful... Read More

NEWS NOTES: July 16, 2014

Here are some items you might find of interest: 1) Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, retired archbishop... Read More

Croatia Defies Catholic Bishops by Legally Recognizing Same-Gender Couples

Croatian government officials challenged the predominantly Catholic nation’s ban on marriage equality by passing a law... Read More

Catholic High Schools Extend Support as LGBT Students Come Out

Attending a Catholic high school and identifying openly as LGBT are often seen as mutually... Read More

Transgender Woman Prepares to Enter Carmelite Convent

One of the places where Catholicism and gender are most strongly inscribed together is the... Read More