As Pride Month Concludes, Catholic Offer More Messages of Hope
Pride this June has been busy for Catholics, including virtual prayer services and video greetings. Today’s post highlights some other events and initiatives as the month concludes.
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Pride this June has been busy for Catholics, including virtual prayer services and video greetings. Today’s post highlights some other events and initiatives as the month concludes.
Today’s post features news briefs on one Catholic priest’s harmful comments about drag story hours, a Catholic lesbian’s appointment to the U.K.’s House of Lords, and the legacy of LGBTQ advocate Wendell Rodricks, who recently passed away.
Praise is being heaped upon Pope Francis for his support earlier this month of transgender women who have suffered economically because of the coronavirus pandemic, while the pope’s personal almoner has said such support is “ordinary work for the Church.”
In an open letter from Zurich, Switzerland, Catholic theologian Susanne Birke shared her experience as a “woman loving female” for Lesbian Visibility Day, which took place on April 26th.
Today’s post features several news items on Catholic LGBTQ issues, including the silence of Brazil’s bishops on recent violence, a U.S. ambassador’s use of Pope Francis to criminalize anti-LGBTQ criminalization, and more.
With Pope Francis’ appointment of more cardinals from the Global South, are LGBTQ issues set to be downplayed in the church?
Earlier this summer, DignityUSA celebrated its 50th anniversary with a national conference in Chicago. The organization has since posted the keynote addresses from theologians Fr. Bryan Massingale, Miguel Diaz, and Mary Hunt. Today’s post features selections from the latter two addresses.
“What would it mean for the institutional church to welcome L.G.B.T. Catholics?” That is the question posed by Fr. James Martin, SJ, in a new column for America where he shares three recent steps towards inclusion.
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion when LGBT customers of the Stonewall Inn gay bar in New York City resisted arrest during a raid and began four days of very public demonstrations for equality in the streets of Greenwich Village. Take a few moments to be quiet and pray in thanksgiving for all who have gone before us and paved the way for where we are now.