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LGBTQ+ Advocates Celebrate New Pastoral Accompaniment Guidelines

October 20, 2023/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Sarah Cassidy

LGBTQ+ Catholics and supporters are celebrating a new set of guidelines that aims to treat LGBTQ+ individuals with “welcome, love, and respect.” Read More

Iowa Diocese’s New Gender Policy Refers to Transgender Healthcare as “Mutilation”

January 9, 2023/3 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

An Iowa diocese is being criticized after its new gender policy was leaked last week, which refers to gender-affirming healthcare as "mutilation" and bans such treatments on church property. Read More

Davenport Bishop Forms Gender Committee to Learn from Transgender Catholics

February 15, 2022/7 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Grace Doerfler

Signs of positive progress on LGBTQ issues are taking place in the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, as church leaders work towards a deeper understanding of transgender people’s experiences. Read More