Catholic Leaders, Including Bishop Stowe, Begin Pride Month with Blessing Service
Several Catholic leaders joined DignityUSA to mark the beginning of Pride Month with a prayer service focused on blessing, including one bishop. Read More
Polish Priest Advocates Genital Mutilation, Electric Shocks as Cures for Homosexuality
A priest in Poland taught school children that homosexuality is a mental disorder that can be “cured” with electric shocks and genital mutilation, leading to support from a national politician and criticism from his diocese. Read More
Diocese Stalls Church Property Sale Over Nonprofit’s Care for Transgender Youth
A Michigan diocese’s property covenant prohibits buyers from supporting transgender youth, so the proposed sale of a shuttered Catholic church is at a standstill. Read More
In Argentina, Catholic Ministers Expand Pastoral Outreach to Transgender Community
In Argentina, the Catholic Church has been expanding its pastoral outreach to the transgender community by opening shelters to provide living space for those who have been excluded from family and from society. Read More
Allentown Catholic Pushing for LGBTQ Ministry Says “I’m Not Going Anywhere”
A gay Catholic man in Pennsylvania has begun a lay-led ministry to reach out to LGBTQ people who, in his words “have been judged harshly and walked away.” Read More
Croatian Archbishop Issues Apology to Lesbian/Gay People For Catholics’ Rejection
An archbishop in Croatia has issued an apology to lesbian and gay people rejected by the church, bringing a positive voice to a highly-Catholic country where LGBTQ people are still stigmatized. Read More
Amid Sex Ed Debate, Mary McAleese Says She Regrets Sending Children to Catholic Schools
Ireland’s former president is at odds with one of the country’s top archbishops in the debate over a sexual education curriculum for Catholic schools, which has caused some people to re-examine the relationship between church and state when it comes to Ireland’s schools. Read More
Non-Binary Student Leads Movement to Fly Rainbow Flags at Catholic Schools This June
Whether and how to mark Pride Month in Canada’s Catholic schools has been a point of contention in past years, and 2021 has been no different. Today and tomorrow, Bondings 2.0 will look at how two different Catholic school systems responded to requests to fly Pride flags. Read More
Rescheduled Conference on Catholic LGBTQ Issues to Take Webinar Form This June
A conference on Catholic LGBTQ issues originally slated for last summer has been rescheduled for this June as a webinar, announced Jesuit Fr. James Martin on his Facebook page. Relatedly, a new documentary premiering this month features the priest’s LGBTQ ministry. Read More
Catholics in Latin America and Europe to Mark IDAHOBIT with Interfaith Prayers
This coming Monday, May 17, is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. Once again, Catholics are leading the organization of interfaith prayer vigils and services to remember the victims of anti-LGBTQ prejudices and hate crimes. Read More