U.S. Catholics Roundly Condemn Vatican Ban on Blessing Same-Gender Couples
Catholic advocates for LGBTQ equality have reacted strongly against the Vatican’s response ad dubium yesterday in which it banned the blessing of same-gender unions.
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Catholic advocates for LGBTQ equality have reacted strongly against the Vatican’s response ad dubium yesterday in which it banned the blessing of same-gender unions.
It isn’t ever easy to acknowledge how privilege operates to the benefit of some and to the painful detriment of others. This is especially true, I think, for people who consider themselves progressive on social issues.
This situation illustrates a tension that exists in LGBTQ ministry with regard to whether a group chooses to express their dissenting views on the church’s sexual ethics teaching or to minister while remaining neutral or expressing support for the church’s teaching on sexual ethics.
An auxiliary bishop in Detroit has told a parish group formed to support families of LGBTQ Catholics that they could not meet or hold events on church property, including the local church which had housed them for decades.
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.
Philadelphia’s new archbishop has given LGBTQ people and allies hope that a new day of greater inclusivity and few culture wars has dawned for them, or at the very least a leader who could not be worse than his predecessor.
Pope Francis appointed a new leader for Philadelphia last week, naming Nelson Pérez as archbishop and ending the tenure of his caustic predecessor, Charles Chaput. While repairing the damage Chaput inflicted on LGBTQ Catholics and their communities will take time and intentionality, one simple step Pérez could take to promote goodwill is ending the archdiocese’s lawsuit against LGBTQ rights.
John Carroll University officials have cancelled the college’s annual LGBTQ drag show, citing a divisiveness on campus that likely stems from a 2018 dispute in the campus newspaper.
A church worker in Michigan has been forced to resign after her Catholic employer and the local diocese expressed concern about the worker’s upcoming same-gender marriage.
It’s Holy Week, so as Catholics we are likely meditating frequently on two different ideas:…