Religious Liberty Archives - Page 6 of 19

In North Dakota and Nebraska, Catholic Officials Work Against LGBTQ-Inclusive School Policies

November 27, 2021/3 Comments/in Gender Identity, Higher Education, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholic officials in North Dakota and Nebraska have sought to stop LGBTQ-inclusive policies from being enacted at state-sponsored colleges and universities. Read More

U.S. Supreme Court Declines Transgender Patient’s Case Against Catholic Hospital

November 23, 2021/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Healthcare, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty /by Elise Dubravec

A transgender man's lawsuit against a Catholic hospital will be allowed to proceed after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case. Read More

Pro-LGBTQ Catholics Rally Outside U.S. Bishops’ Meeting Around Communion Denial

November 17, 2021/3 Comments/in Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A network of U.S. Catholic reform groups held a demonstration outside the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting to push back against attempts to deny Communion to pro-LGBTQ and pro-choice politicians. Read More

Highly LGBTQ-Negative Bishops Up for Elections to USCCB Leadership Next Week

November 12, 2021/5 Comments/in Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

With the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) meeting in Baltimore approaching next week, most attention has been on whether the bishops will approve a controversial document on the Eucharist. But there will also be some key committee chair elections occurring, and candidates include some of the most LGBTQ-negative church leaders in the U.S. Read More

Court Rules Catholic School Discriminated Against Teacher Fired Over Lesbian Rumors

November 10, 2021/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Italy's highest court has ruled that a Catholic school did discriminate against a teacher it fired over rumors she was lesbian. The ruling could potentially set an LGBTQ-positive precedent in the nation's courts. Read More

Archbishop Gomez Implicitly Condemns LGBTQ Movement as “Pseudo-Religion”

November 6, 2021/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The head of the U.S. bishops' conference has described contemporary social justice movements as "pseudo-religions," potentially setting the tone for the bishops' meeting later this month. Read More

Italian Bishops Now Seek Dialogue In Wake of Defeated LGBTQ Non-Discrimination Bill

November 2, 2021/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

One of Italy's top bishops has expressed a desire for dialogue after legislators voted down a bill that would have provided non-discrimination protections to LGBTQ people, a bill the church has strongly opposed up to now. Read More

Lesbian Woman Files Discrimination Lawsuit Involving U.S. Bishops’ Foster Care Funding

October 30, 2021/0 Comments/in Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth /by Angela Howard-McParland

A lesbian woman in Nashville is suing the U.S. government after she was twice rejected from being a foster parent to unaccompanied migrant children, which she believes is discrimination based on her sexual orientation. Read More

Seattle Task Force Releases “Mixed Bag” Report on LGBTQ Issues in Catholic Schools

October 15, 2021/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

An archdiocesan commission set up to examine LGBTQ issues in Catholic education, especially regarding employment policies, has issued its findings. Read More

New Ways Ministry Webinar To Explore LGBTQ Catholics’ Participation in Synodal Process

September 29, 2021/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Religious Liberty, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In October, the Catholic Church will begin a two-year process that could be the most revolutionary ecclesial event since Vatican II. It is essential that LGBTQ Catholics and allies be involved. Read More