Strangers No Longer: Welcoming LGBTQ+ Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border

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As a Sister of Providence who has ministered at the U.S.-Mexico border since 2019, I’ve been privileged to be part of this welcome, helping asylum seekers find refuge in the U.S., including LGBTQ+ people. Read More

Sr. Jeannine Gramick Writes About Providential Encounter with Benedict XVI

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As Benedict XVI was laid to rest this week, Sr. Jeannine Gramick again recounted her chance encounter with the former pope, then serving as a top Curia official overseeing an investigation against her ministry. Read More

Like Advent, Transgender Catholic Writes of “Uncertainty and Waiting” In Gender Journey

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A transgender Catholic has written an Advent reflection on the experience of waiting and surprise when it comes to their journey of sexuality and gender.  Read More

This Advent, Staking Everything on World Without Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence

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This Advent, when faced with so much anti-LGBTQ+ violence and loss, I’m staking everything on the belief that another world is possible. Read More

Gay Pastoral Worker Celebrates 25 Years of Making Montreal Parish a Welcoming Space

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Located in the Village, an historic LGBTQ+ neighborhood in Montreal, St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church continues to extend unconditional love for the city's LGBTQ+ Catholic community. Read More

Gay Priest Reflects on Learning to Say “I Love You” While Caring for Dying Friend

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A true encounter with giving and receiving love took Fr. Peter Daly by surprise. The priest, a New Ways Ministry board member, recently shared his experience of caregiving for his dying friend, José Luis Sánchez, and the profound effect José Luis had on his understanding of life and love. Read More

Is Light for LGBTQ+ Catholics Coming from the Day of Wrath or the Sun of Justice?

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As a gay man in the Church, I am constantly torn between the “glass half-empty” and “glass half-full” views – or more in keeping with the imagery at hand, the question of “Is that light the coming Day of Wrath, blazing like an oven – or is it the Sun of Justice, with its healing rays?” Read More

Prominent LGBTQ+ Historian John D’Emilio Publishes Memoir on Catholic Upbringing

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A prominent queer historian has recently published a new memoir entitled Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood: Coming of Age in the Sixties, combining his journey of coming out and LGBTQ+ activism with his Catholic upbringing.  Read More

Alumni: “Worst Treatment” for Being LGBTQ+ Was at St. Thomas More Catholic School

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LGBTQ+ alumni of a Catholic school in the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana have continued their efforts to stop a new diocesan new anti-transgender policy from being implemented at the school. Read More

LGBTQ+ Advocate Faults Catholic Feminists for Not Being More Transgender-Inclusive

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In a recent essay for the National Catholic Reporter, artist Jessica Gerhardt argues that Catholic feminism must be inclusive of transgender people. Read More