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Many Agree “Fiducia Supplicans” Is an Evangelizing Text—But to What End?

February 20, 2024/4 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Ariell Watson Simon

How will the implementation of Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican declaration allowing priests to bless same-gender couples, shape new contours to pastoral care? Many commentators agree that the document has an evangelical aim, however, their views about the evangelizing methods point in two different directions. Read More

Fr. James Martin Says Pope Francis’ LGBTQ Efforts Are “Nothing Short of Revolutionary”

October 21, 2021/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis /by Barbara Anne Kozee

Fr. James Martin, S.J., has called the space that Pope Francis is carving out for LGBTQ people “nothing short of revolutionary.” Read More

Our Stories Let Youth Know That Queerness Is Possible, Writes LGBTQ Catholic

August 28, 2021/0 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Schools & Youth /by Barbara Anne Kozee

Grace Doerfler is a queer Catholic woman who believes deeply in sharing the wholeness of her identity, even as she struggles to find a home in a church that too often fails to acknowledge and welcome its own queer and trans community. Read More