Bishop Robert Barron Archives - New Ways Ministry

Catholic Actor Arrested on Homophobic Slur Charge; And Other News

February 28, 2026/3 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Higher Education, Pope Leo XIV, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Catholic LGBTQ+ news bits from New Orleans, Maryland, the Vatican, and Ghana. Read More

German Catholic Groups Protest Award to U.S. Bishop With Anti-LGBTQ+ Record

August 15, 2025/3 Comments/in Hierarchy /by Jeromiah Taylor

"Confession of this God obliges us to an interpretation of the world and an ethos that respects the dignity of every human being as a creature of God—regardless of origin, gender, and social status…" Read More

In Praying for the Pope, a Bishop Remembers Pontiff’s LGBTQ+ Outreach; And More News

March 1, 2025/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Higher Education, Pope Francis /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

And also, Bishop Barron's silence about Trump, and a Catholic law school protest against conservative political group. Read More

U.S. Bishops Conference Again Praises Trump for Anti-Trans Executive Order

February 6, 2025/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Healthcare, Politics & Human Rights /by Jeromiah Taylor

This was the second time in less than two weeks that a USSCB leader has praised Trump for executive orders which will have negative effects on transgender and nonbinary people. Read More

U.S. Bishops Act Swiftly to Implement Transgender-Negative Declaration

November 27, 2024/4 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

With notable speed, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops agreed at the fall assembly to act on the Vatican's transgender-negative declaration Dignitas Infinita. Elections at the assembly may, however, signal a shift toward Pope Francis happening in the conference. Read More

Catholic Radio Broadcasters Refuse to Comply with Nonbinary-Inclusive Federal Regulation

September 21, 2024/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A network of Catholic radio broadcasters has filed a petition asking for pro-LGBTQ+ federal employment regulations to be vacated over religious liberty concerns, part of a wider and harmful trend in U.S. Catholicism of using courts to undo LGBTQ+ rights. Read More

Jesus Would Eat with Drag Queens. Bishops Criticizing the Olympics Should Do So, Too.

July 30, 2024/6 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

There is no Gospel account of Jesus’ attending a drag brunch. But I venture that if Jesus were alive today, he might have eaten overpriced eggs in a dive bar some morning among queer folks and friends. Read More

U.S. Bishops Convene Study on Transgender Vowed Religious; More Updates

July 1, 2024/4 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The U.S. bishops' spring meeting is generally not a newsmaker, and indeed, has sometimes just been a private retreat. But the plenary this June was quite different, and far more controversial, for several LGBTQ-related reasons. Today's post provides updates on some of the speeches and votes relevant to gender and sexuality issues. Read More

U.S. Bishops’ New Mental Health Campaign Rings Hollow for LGBTQ+ People

November 1, 2023/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Ariell Watson Simon

This message of accompaniment and welcome rings hollow for members of the LGBTQ+ community whose mental health has been impacted by homophobic and transphobic church teaching and policies. Read More

Nuns, Bishops, and Athletes All Opine about L.A. Dodgers’ Catholic LGBTQ+ Controversy

June 5, 2023/5 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The controversy involving the Los Angeles Dodgers' decision to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI) for their charitable work has continued with seemingly everyone weighing in, from women religious to baseball players to bishops. Read More

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