NEWS NOTES: Hopes and Controversies About the World Meeting of Families
There has been so much news and commentary concerning LGBT issues and the World Meeting…
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There has been so much news and commentary concerning LGBT issues and the World Meeting…
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s ruling against a trans* man in Spain becoming a godparent quickly became news that the Vatican had barred transgender godparents. Is that, however, really what is happening? If not, what is to be made of this ruling going forward?
With just over two weeks until Pope Francis arrives in the U.S., the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced a new Catholic identity pledge that all parents with children in Catholic schools will be forced to sign.
An important location update about the eviction from a Philadelphia Catholic parish of New Ways…
New Ways Ministry’s workshop, “Transforming Love: Gender Identity from Catholic Perspectives” workshop, which was scheduled…
Firing LGBT teachers from Catholic schools must stop, says a National Catholic Reporter columnist, at the same time the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s disputed teaching contracts near resolution. Below, there are also additional updates in the cases of several fired church workers.
A coalition of Catholic, LGBT, and Hispanic groups have invited Pope Francis to meet with LGBT Catholics during his U.S. visit in September, contrasting the exclusionary policies of the 2015 World Meeting of Families.
A prominent Sister of Mercy has joined parents in criticizing an LGBT church worker’s expulsion, setting her apart from Mercy leadership which expressed its support for the discrimination.
A priest fired for opposing anti-gay bullying has written to Pope Francis, asking the pontiff to stem the expulsion of LGBT church workers.
While Philadelphia becomes a new focal point in the continuing story of lesbian and gay…