Bishop Thomas Gumbleton Archives

Bishop Gumbleton: Remembering a Prophet Pioneer of Catholic LGBTQ+ Equality

April 5, 2024/12 Comments/in New Ways Ministry /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

With great sadness and great gratitude, New Ways Ministry mourns the passing of our dear friend, Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton. Read More

Group of U.S. Bishops to LGBTQ Youth: ‘God Is On Your Side’

January 26, 2021/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Several bishops in the U.S. have released a statement in defense of LGBTQ youth, telling the youth that "God loves you" and "God is on your side." Read More

Bishop Thomas Gumbleton Issues Support for Dignity/Detroit After Sanctions

May 20, 2020/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Uncategorized /by Catherine Buck

Bishop Gumbleton, a longtime advocate for LGBTQ equality and other social justice causes, has spoken up to support Dignity/Detroit, a local organization of LGBTQI Catholics and their supporters, after the Archdiocese of Detroit issued sanctions against the group. Read More

New Book on Bishop Thomas Gumbleton Details Strong Record of LGBTQ Advocacy

January 26, 2020/4 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Employment Issues, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Politics & Human Rights, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post is a review of a new biography of longtime LGBTQ advocate Bishop Thomas Gumbleton on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Read More

Bishop Gumbleton: “No Parent Should Ever Tell a Child That He or She Is Intrinsically Disordered”

April 16, 2019/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Longtime LGBTQ advocate Bishop Thomas Gumbleton has called for the Church to re-evaluate its teachings on homosexuality in light of science and pastoral care, particularly the use of the term "intrinsically disordered." Read More

CATHOLIC LGBT HISTORY: Responding to the Murder of Matthew Shepard

December 27, 2017/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The United States and the world were stunned and horrified 19 years ago when the battered and tortured body of gay Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was found tied to a prairie fence outside Laramie. Read More

CATHOLIC LGBT HISTORY: Bishop Gumbleton’s Tour of LGBT Listening Sessions

November 25, 2017/4 Comments/in Hierarchy /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

When the history of LGBT issues in the Catholic Church gets written, a large chapter (or maybe several) will have to be devoted to Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, now a retired auxiliary bishop in Detroit, Michigan. Read More