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Catholics in Malta have sharply rejected claims by fellow Christians who support of “ex-gay” therapies, including one Church representative saying “it can’t be bad to be gay because God created it” and a group of LGBT Catholics and their parents publishing a supportive open letter.
Today’s post features updates on a gay politician taking on conservative Polish politics, a profile of award-winning author Richard, Rodriguez, and more news items.
Like openly LGBT people, Catholic women exist almost exclusively at the Synod on Youth’s margins. That rejection is why solidarity between these communities will be key to winning equality, said feminist panelists at an event in Rome earlier this week.
Catholics once again played a central role in Malta’s Pride celebrations which took place last weekend, including both the participation of the Global Network of Rainbow Catholics (GNRC) for the first time and a protest by anti-gay Catholics.
A new website will allow Catholic LGBTQ youth to tell their stories to their bishop delegates at October’s synod on youth at the Vartican.
Pride festivities each June provide a moment to celebrate the LGBTQ community and the struggle for equality. Though an increasing number of parishes have joined celebrations this year, Pride is not without controversy in some Catholic circles.
Bishop John Stowe of Lexington has been named the bishop-president of Pax Christi USA, according to the National Catholic Reporter. Bishop Stowe has an LGBT-positive record. . .
International news and some first-person accounts are spotlighted in this round-up of Catholic LGBT news.