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Bishops, LGBTQ+ Folks, Scholars Learn From Each Other at New Ways Ministry Event

September 5, 2026/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, New Ways Ministry /by Guest Contributor

“It did not matter who you were or what fancy accomplishments you had achieved or ecclesiastical positions you held, everyone was treated with respect and in a spirit of Christian love.” Read More

Why the U.S. Bishops Can’t Have It Both Ways

November 26, 2019/8 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Cristina Traina

If some bishops get their way to be allowed to discriminate against LGBTQ foster and adoptive parents, it would erode the firewall intended to prevent religious institutions from controlling government, and vice versa. Read More

John Gehring: Bishops Need a “Year of Abstinence” from Preaching on Sexuality and Gender

July 17, 2019/6 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholic bishops have an authority crisis that seemingly intensifies daily as more LGBTQ church workers are fired and new cover ups of clergy sexual abuse are revealed. One Catholic leader has a suggestion for them: stop preaching about sexuality and gender for a year. Read More

“Here is the Church. . . “: Reflecting on a Conference About Lesbian Nuns

November 28, 2018/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Cristina Traina

Here is the church, here is the steeple. . . . .Some lessons learned and insights gained at a conference about lesbian nuns. Read More

Malawi Bishops Lead March Against LGBT Rights

January 4, 2017/3 Comments/in Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholic bishops in Malawi joined other religious leaders last month in a protest march against LGBT rights,... Read More

How USCCB Leadership Candidates Have Approached LGBT Issues

November 15, 2016/15 Comments/in Hierarchy, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

UPDATE: The election results are in: Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Houston-Galveston was elected president and... Read More

LGBT Advocates to Cameroon’s Bishops: Retract Demand of “Zero Tolerance” for Homosexuality

February 16, 2016/6 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

LGBT advocates are seeking Pope Francis’ intervention as they plead with Cameroon’s Catholic bishops to... Read More

U.S. Catholics Make Known Their Opinions on Marriage and Family Issues

February 22, 2014/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

In the past few weeks, we’ve posted about a few international bishops’ conferences reporting about... Read More

How to Offer Input for Synod on Family Is Mired in Confusion

November 12, 2013/7 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Since the Vatican asked for Catholic input to inform next fall’s Synod of Bishops, ambiguity... Read More

NEWS NOTES: August 19, 2013

August 19, 2013/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Here are some items that may be of interest: 1) Using hyperbolic language, the Catholic... Read More

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