Announcing Virtual Catholic LGBTQ Pride Coming This June!
For the second year, New Ways Ministry will again be hosting Catholic LGBTQ Pride with an interactive prayer service on Zoom. Read More
Gay Pastors in Netherlands Vow to Ignore Vatican Ban on Same-Gender Blessings
A collective of gay pastoral workers in the Netherlands has vowed to ignore the Vatican's ban on blessing same-gender couples, encouraging other church workers to do likewise. Read More
Leading the Church Beyond Toleration to the Celebration of LGBTQ Holiness
s LGBT Catholics and allies it is hard sometimes to believe that one day we might get to the point as a society and as a Church where the lives and journeys of LGBT persons are not only tolerated, but celebrated! Read More
U.S. Catholics, Including Sisters of Mercy, Express Pain About Vatican Blessings Ban
Despite the Vatican's attempt to end the conversation on blessing same-gender couples, negative reactions to the ban continue to pour in from all parts of the Catholic world. Some of that conversation is about the difficult navigation of LGBTQ Catholics choosing to remain in the church or leave, and the losses that such leaving cause to the church. Read More
Globally, More and More Catholics in Ministry Object to Vatican’s Ban on Same-Gender Blessings
Clergy and pastoral ministers are still issuing statements of support for and promises of solidarity with the LGBTQ community in the wake of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's ban on blessing same-gender couples. Today's post features some of those reactions from outside the United States. Read More
Organizations Representing One Million Catholic Women Call for Same-Gender Blessings
Organizations representing a million Catholic women in the German-speaking areas of four countries have released an open letter protesting the Vatican's ban on blessing same-gender couples and calling for a renewal of church teaching. Meanwhile, a key cardinal who has been critical of the ban has weighed in again. Read More
Two Bishops, Other Church Leaders Issue Letter to Transgender People: “God Loves You”
Two bishops and other church officials issued a letter on Transgender Day of Visibility last week that condemned anti-trans discrimination and violence. Read More
100+ Theologians Support New Ways Ministry’s Pledge to Bless Same-Gender Couples
Catholic theologians are speaking out about why they support New Ways Ministry's pledge to bless same-gender couples, signed by more than 3,000 Catholics since it was launched in response to the Vatican's ban on such blessings. Read More
Easter Sunday: Death Is Not the End
Martin Luther King, Jr. on the questions that Easter answers. Read More
Holy Saturday: The Right Way to Wait
Most of our lives are spent in Holy Saturday. Waiting for life just to get...better. Read More