Mother of Transgender Child Writes to Pope Francis: “Stop Putting Limits on God’s Love!”

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I humbly ask you, Pope Francis, and all Church leaders to re-examine Catholic doctrine about the LGBTQ+ community. We must stop putting limits on God’s love and divinity. Read More

LGBTQ+ Couples Are Not Only to Be Blessed: They Are Blessings to the Church

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The debate over Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican's declaration allowing blessings for couples in situations deemed "irregular"y by church leaders, has prompted once LGBTQ+ Catholic to reflect on not only same-gender love, but all forms of love not fully embraced by the church. Read More

Our Journey with the Bishop of Springfield Toward LGBTQ+ Welcoming

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We are in one of the most gay-friendly areas in the Northeast, but how were we to get our Catholic churches to do some outreach? Read More

You Feel It in Your Bowels

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Grace and nature, redemption and obedience: these are knit together in the sinews of your trans body. Read More

From Talking “About” to Talking “With”: Encountering the Queer Catholic Community in Germany

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"Queerness in the Catholic Church" is an invitation to engage, an opportunity to listen, and an example of how we can work toward building a community marked by desire, love, and blessedness. Read More

As a Catholic Doctor, I Know Gender-Affirming Care Is Essential for Transgender Youth.

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Because I am a Catholic physician, I spent many hours discerning whether it was morally acceptable to treat transgender children. Read More

Could Pope’s LGBTQ+ Welcome Have Helped Catholic Mother Accept Her Gay Son?

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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

U.S. Catholic Includes Transgender Woman’s Voice in Gender Equity Article

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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

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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

Scapegoating LGBTQ+ People Must End and All Be Welcomed, Says Fr. James Alison

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After recognizing at age nine that he was gay, James Alison, a priest and theologian, spent many scholarly years trying to understand why queer people are targets in society. His conclusion: the queer community has become victims of the age-old practice known as "scapegoating." Read More