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Catholic Agency’s Challenge Before U.S. Supreme Court Could Upend Non-Discrimination Law

March 3, 2020/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Melissa Feito

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has agreed to hear a case that may dramatically change laws regarding religious exemptions from non-discrimination laws. Read More

Archbishop Who Defended Firing of Two LGBTQ Teachers Places School President on Leave

February 28, 2020/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The archbishop of Seattle defended Catholic officials' decision to force two LGBTQ teachers out of their jobs last week, and this week placed on leave the president of the school where the forced resignations occurred. Read More

Former U.S. Ambassador to Vatican Emphasizes Church’s Role in LGBTQ Homelessness

February 22, 2020/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Miguel Diaz, a theologian and a former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, has taken up Pope Francis' exhortation to care for internally displaced persons by connecting it with the problem of homelessness in the U.S. today. In particular, Diaz highlights the plight of LGBTQ people, especially youth, who are housing insecure. Read More

Protests Erupt After Catholic High School Forces Two LGBTQ Teachers to Resign

February 20, 2020/5 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Kevin Molloy

Students at a Catholic high school in Seattle are protesting the reported forced resignations of two LGBTQ teachers by staging a walk-out from school and a rally outside local diocese's offices. Read More

Fr. James Martin Releases New Video on Top 5 Questions About LGBTQ Ministry

February 18, 2020/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Brian Kaufman

Father James Martin, the well-known Jesuit author and advocate for LGBTQ Catholics, has created a YouTube video entitled the "Five Most Common Questions About LGBT Catholic Ministry." Read More

Catholics Pushback Against Bishop Paprocki’s Policy Against Transgender Church Workers, Students

February 15, 2020/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Melissa Feito

LGBTQ Catholics and allies are responding critically to a new transgender policy set by the Diocese of Springfield’s Bishop Thomas Paprocki. Read More

Jamie Manson: New Diocesan Policy ‘Puts Transgender Folks in Bishops’ Crosshairs’

February 14, 2020/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

National Catholic Reporter columnist Jamie Manson has responded to Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki's new anti-transgender policy by suggesting the bishops are putting "trans folks in their crosshairs." Read More

Fr. James Martin Addresses Conference of Leaders in Catholic Higher Education

February 13, 2020/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Higher Education, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Fr. James Martin, SJ, one of the leading popular voices for LGBT Catholic equality, presented a workshop at the annual conference of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) where he offered suggestion for making campuses welcoming for LGBT students and staff. Read More

Australian Catholics Host First LGBTQ National Symposium in 30 Years

February 12, 2020/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Catherine Buck

For the first time in 30 years, Catholic organizers across Australia convened a national symposium on LGBTQ+ pastoral care to discuss ways that organizers can better serve LGBTQ+ Catholic communities. Read More

Bishop Paprocki Threatens Transgender Church Workers, Catholic School Students in New Policy

February 10, 2020/13 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A new policy in the Diocese of Springfield (Illinois) outlines the repressive approach to gender identity issues mandated by Bishop Thomas Paprocki, including threats against LGBTQ church workers and students in Catholic schools. Read More