Parish Life & Pastoral Care Archives - Page 54 of 156

Archdiocese Apologizes After Ex-Gay Therapy Ban Compared to Indigenous Massacres

September 2, 2021/3 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Barbara Anne Kozee

The Archdiocese of Regina has apologized and backed away from remarks made by a representative that compared a proposed bill banning conversion therapy to the harm done by residential schools to Indigenous communities. Read More

New Policy Threatens to Expel Transgender Students from Catholic School

September 1, 2021/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Elise Dubravec

Yesterday, Bondings 2.0 featured the story of a Catholic school that denied re-enrollment to transgender student. Today, there are two more stories of how Catholic schools are failing to provide for their LGBTQ students. Read More

Catholic School Denies Re-Enrollment to Student Who Came Out As Transgender

August 31, 2021/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post features a Catholic school that denied re-enrollment to a transgender student. Read More

Our Stories Let Youth Know That Queerness Is Possible, Writes LGBTQ Catholic

August 28, 2021/0 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Schools & Youth /by Barbara Anne Kozee

Grace Doerfler is a queer Catholic woman who believes deeply in sharing the wholeness of her identity, even as she struggles to find a home in a church that too often fails to acknowledge and welcome its own queer and trans community. Read More

Germany’s Married Gay Catholic Health Minister Criticizes Vatican Ban on Blessings

August 26, 2021/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A ranking German government official has criticized the Vatican for banning same-gender blessings, remarks applauded by the priest behind that nation's protests against the ban. Read More

Iowa Bishop Uses Occasion of Diocesan Anniversary to Criticize Transgender People

August 25, 2021/6 Comments/in Gender Identity, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A bishop in Iowa used the occasion of the Feast of the Assumption and a diocesan anniversary to instead emphasize the need to deny transgender people the respect and care they deserve. Read More

Korean Cardinal Offers Limited Support for LGBQ-Inclusive Non-Discrimination Bill

August 23, 2021/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Beth Mueller Stewart

A cardinal in South Korea has endorsed the prospect of an anti-discrimination law inclusive of sexual orientation, while at the same time, expressing concerns the bill could be a pathway for marriage equality. Read More

Diocese Instructs Catholics to Ignore Transgender People’s Names and Pronouns

August 19, 2021/9 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A bishop in Virginia has released a new document on gender identity issues that, among other problematic issues, demands Catholics not use transgender people's correct names and pronouns. Read More