As a Catholic Doctor, I Know Gender-Affirming Care Is Essential for Transgender Youth.
Because I am a Catholic physician, I spent many hours discerning whether it was morally acceptable to treat transgender children. Read More
“Fiducia Supplicans” Is a Challenge—That Offers Great Hope and Opportunity
Three Catholic leaders sense great hope and opportunity for LGBTQ+ people, as well as for the wider church, in the Vatican’s December 2023 declaration which allowed for blessings of same-gender couples. Read More
Could Pope’s LGBTQ+ Welcome Have Helped Catholic Mother Accept Her Gay Son?
While much of the commentary about Fiducia Supplicans has been from church leaders, theologians, and pastoral ministers, there have been fewer stories from ordinary people about what the declaration means to them. The New York Times carried one of these stories, which speaks the impact blessings could have not just for couples, but for LGBTQ+ acceptance in families more broadly. Read More
“Fiducia Supplicans” Is Beginning, Not End of Church Dialogue, Say Theologians
Today's post features insights from theologians collected over the preceding weeks about "Fiducia Supplicans." Read More
Nex Benedict and All Trans*figured Children of God, Pray for Us!
What do we see when confronted with contemporary, sacred, trans*figured, embodied persons? How do we take the initiative in learning more about trans* identities? Read More
U.S. Catholic Includes Transgender Woman’s Voice in Gender Equity Article
A Catholic publication has included a transgender woman and other LGBTQ+ advocates in an essay about whether church leaders are actually attentive to issues of gender, in the Synod on Synodality and otherwise. Read More
Catholic Mother of Queer Child Finds Hope in Maryknoll Priest’s Inclusive Work
The Catholic mother of an LGBTQ+ child has written about a missionary priest who has given her hope for a truly inclusive church. Read More
Many Agree “Fiducia Supplicans” Is an Evangelizing Text—But to What End?
How will the implementation of Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican declaration allowing priests to bless same-gender couples, shape new contours to pastoral care? Many commentators agree that the document has an evangelical aim, however, their views about the evangelizing methods point in two different directions. Read More
Blessings Opposition Due to “Enduring Animus” Against LGBTQ+ People, Says Cardinal McElroy
A top U.S. cardinal has said opposition to Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican declaration allowing blessings for... Read More
Maltese Catholics Gift Pope Francis Book of LGBTQ+ Testimonies; And More News
Today's post includes story about a Maltese Catholic LGBTQ+ group's new book, Greek bishops' opposition to marriage equality, and a gathering of transgender-negative bishops in Prague. Read More