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Indianapolis Archdiocese’s New Policy May Bar Transgender Youth from Catholic Schools
The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has issued guidelines that place severe restrictions on transgender students in Catholic schools, including possibly not admitting them.
Bishops Stowe and Wester Join LGBTQ Advocates, Theologians for Pride Video Greeting
Two bishops, along with LGBTQ advocates, theologians, and pastoral ministers have released a series of video greetings for Pride.
Latest Church Worker Firing in Indianapolis Shows Need for Active Lay Leadership in Church
The spate of firings in Indianapolis is a moment for Catholic laypeople to exercise their ecclesial and moral authority to denounce the unjust discrimination against LGBTQ church employees.
For All the Saints (Part 1)
A few days ago, Bondings 2.0 asked its readers: “If you could canonize any LGBTQ person or ally, living or dead, Catholic or not, fictional or real, who would it be, and why?”
Trump Administration Backs Archdiocese That Forced Catholic School to Fire Gay Employee
Today’s post includes three updates out of Indianapolis regarding church employment disputes. First, the Trump administration has stated its support for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, which is being sued by an employee fired from a Catholic school because of their same-gender marriage. Second, a canon lawyer has said the Vatican’s lifting of ecclesiastical suspensions against Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School is “exceptional.” Third, Shelly Fitzgerald participated in a Democratic presidential debate.
High School That Fired LGBTQ Church Workers Now Threatens Critical Students With Expulsion
A Catholic high school which has so far fired two LGBTQ church workers is now…
Jesuit School Files Vatican Appeal After Archbishop Strips It of Catholic Designation
A high school that lost its Catholic designation for refusing to terminate an LGBTQ employee at the archbishop’s request is appealing that decision before the Vatican. Meanwhile, the archbishop has barred the school from holding school-wide Masses.
Catholic Officials Allegedly Intimidate Student Over Support for Fired Lesbian Counselor
A former student at a Catholic high school which has fired two LGBTQ church workers in recent years is exposing the allegedly hostile environment administrators created for him and others who called for justice.
Fired Church Worker Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Indianapolis Catholic School
A church worker fired by a Catholic high school over her same-gender marriage is now suing that school for discrimination, further intensifying the church employment disputes that have rocked the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.