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Realities of LGBTQ Injustices Should Not Lead to Despair, Says Fr. James Martin

August 6, 2021/1 Comment/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Statistics /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

To help better inform the church about injustices LGBTQ people face, Fr. James Martin, SJ, compiled some statistics for education. Then, he added a message of hope. Read More

New Studies Detail Surge in Catholic Support for LGBTQ Equality, Even As Inequities Remain

January 6, 2021/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Statistics /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

New studies have found that U.S. Catholic attitudes towards same-gender civil marriage and the overall acceptance of LGBTQ identities has increased exponentially over the last 30 years. Similar cultural patterns have emerged globally, although disparities persist in various parts of the world. Read More

Poland Reveals Damage That Catholic Officials’ Anti-LGBTQ Opposition Does to Church

January 4, 2021/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Statistics, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

If Catholic leaders are ever curious about the harm their LGBTQ-negative positions do to the life of the church, they need look no farther than Poland. A new survey shows just how severe that damage can be. Read More

New Study: Nearly Half of LGBTQ Adults in U.S. Are Religious, Including Many Catholics

December 11, 2020/2 Comments/in New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Statistics /by Madeline Foley

A new study by the Williams Institute found that nearly half of LGBT adults in the U.S. identify as religious, and they are represented in every demographic and geographical area in the country. Read More

New Survey Reveals 40% of Australian Catholics Believe There Are More Than Two Genders

May 2, 2020/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Statistics, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

Forty percent of Australian Catholics believe there are more than two genders, according to results from a new study. Read More

Diocesan Survey Finds 86% of Catholics Seek Change in Church Teaching on Homosexuality

September 13, 2019/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Statistics, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Listening sessions in an Irish diocese have found an overwhelmingly majority of Catholics there supporting changing the church's teachings on homosexuality, a finding that is "signs of life" according to one former priest and could enable a new future for the church. Read More

Realities of LGBTQ Injustices Should Not Lead to Despair, Says Fr. James Martin

New Studies Detail Surge in Catholic Support for LGBTQ Equality, Even As Inequities Remain

Poland Reveals Damage That Catholic Officials’ Anti-LGBTQ Opposition Does to Church

New Study: Nearly Half of LGBTQ Adults in U.S. Are Religious, Including Many Catholics

New Survey Reveals 40% of Australian Catholics Believe There Are More Than Two Genders

Diocesan Survey Finds 86% of Catholics Seek Change in Church Teaching on Homosexuality

Michigan Catholics Strongly Support LGBT Civil Rights Protections

Catholics Can Help Stalled Acceptance Rates for LGBTQ People in U.S.–And in Our Church

New Poll Shows U.S. Catholics Are Increasingly Supportive of Transgender Rights

Majority of US Catholics Oppose Religious Service Refusal to LGBTQ Customers