Catholic Reactions to Pope Francis’ Comments on Accepting Gay Priests

Pope Francis’ comments on accepting gay priests has rocked the Catholic world, yet even progressive... Read More

Pope Francis Offers Respect for Gay Priests, Signaling a New Papal Direction

In what is probably his most gay-friendly statement to date, Pope Francis said that he... Read More

Surveys Continue to Show Catholic Support for LGBT Equality

Some recent polls have come up with interesting developments about Catholics and LGBT issues.  The... Read More

Equally Blessed Pilgrims Bring LGBT Faith Witness to World Youth Day

World Youth Day, the gathering of young Catholics with Pope Francis in Brazil this past... Read More

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on Catholics and Boy Scouts

The Boy Scouts of America’s decision in May to admit gay youth as members has... Read More

Group Asks Cardinal Not to Say Mass for Catholic Conference

A controversy is brewing in Chicago this week, as the annual national conference of the... Read More

ALL ARE WELCOME: Baltimore Pastor Defends LGBT Ministry from Pulpit

The ALL ARE WELCOME series is an occasional feature  which examines how Catholic faith communities... Read More

Vatican Bank’s Gay ‘Scandal’ Highlights Holy See’s Sexuality Problems

A controversy has emerged concerning Pope Francis’ appointment of Monsignor Battista Ricca as the overseer... Read More

More to the Story Than Simply an Exorcism

While reviewing news stories and opinion pieces for this blog, I tend to avoid pieces... Read More

Separating Civil and Sacramental Marriage–Part 2

Yesterday, I noted that I had recently read two opposing essays on marriage equality, both... Read More