Catholic Advocates Share Reflections on LGBTQ People in Their Homelands

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Today's post features more personal reactions from several attendees at the Global Network of Rainbow Catholics' recent assembly who were asked about the most pressing LGBTQ Catholic issues in their context. Read More

Advocates Gather for Global Forum on the State of LGBTQI Catholic Affairs

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LGBTQI advocates from around the world gathered in Chicago last week for the third assembly of the Global Network of Rainbow Catholics, a conference which ended with a daylong forum on the state of LGBTQI Catholic affairs. Read More

New York City Catholics Welcome World Pride with Full Month of LGBTQ Programs

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Pride controversies involving Catholics have continued all month, but theologian Fr. Bryan Massingale has written about how Pride is very much in keeping with the Church's social teachings. And New York City Catholics are living that out with a whole series of programs for World Pride this month. Read More

Pope Francis on LGBT People: “If we were convinced that they are children of God, things would change a lot.”

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Pope Francis has again commented on homosexuality, again clarifying in a recent interview that he does not believe lesbian and gay youth need psychiatrists and saying he is a "conservative" who believes it is "an incongruity to speak of homosexual marriage." Read More

U.S. Bishops “Gravely Disappointed” with Equality Act, Support Trump’s Anti-Transgender Guideline

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The U.S. bishops have continued to cheerlead the Trump administration's war on LGBTQ people, this time decrying the Equality Act's recent passage in Congress and endorsing a new federal anti-transgender guideline. Catholics are again left wondering just how far Church leaders will go in their crusade allegedly to defend religious liberty in which they show little concern for LGBTQ lives. Read More

LGBTQ Activists File Complaint Against Archbishop for Alleged Hate Speech

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LGBTQ activists in Mexico have filed a human rights complaint against their local archbishop for alleged hate speech, but a closer examination reveals the complaint has likely gone too far. Read More

EXCLUSIVE: LGBT Bar Association Director Offers Glimpse of Historic Vatican Meeting

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"We implore the Holy See to take a stand against criminalizing LGBTQ+ individuals. " Read More

Why I Left, Why I Stay: ‘Jesus Had Been In My Heart All Along”

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A journey away from the Church, and then back again with renewed and stronger commitment and purpose. Read More

Lay Catholics, But Not Bishops, Welcomed the UK’s Conversion Therapy Ban

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This past summer, the United Kingdom has became the latest nation to ban "conversion therapy" for gay and lesbian people. Other nations and all churches should follow suit. Read More

Our Lady of Guadalupe: Patroness of LGBTQ and Other Outcast People

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A pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine shows a queer Catholic woman that we all belong to the church. No exceptions. Read More