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Court Decision Against Gay Employee Should Not Be Final Word

The news that a gay man’s suit against the Chicago-area Catholic parish which fired him... Read More

Another Side to Chicago's Cardinal Francis George on LGBT Issues

About 16 months before he died on April 17, 2015, Chicago’s conservative Cardinal Francis George... Read More

Bishops' Meeting Spotlights Tensions About Pope Francis and LGBT Issues

Though the U.S. bishops’ meeting in Baltimore this week has not produced anything substantial in... Read More

Fired Gay Musician's Meeting with Cardinal Shows Catholic Split on LGBT Issues

Fired church worker Colin Collette will not be returning to his job, even after meeting with... Read More

Pope Francis’ Words Swayed Illinois Lawmakers to Support Marriage Equality

This week, Illinois became the 15th state to pass marriage equality legislation, and it’s becoming... Read More

Immigrant Rights’ Groups Cut Budgets Because of Loss of Catholic Funds

We reported a few weeks back about the Illinois’ Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)... Read More

The Mostly Ambivalent Responses by U.S. Bishops to Pope Francis

For more than two weeks, my email inbox has been swamped with messages from folks... Read More

Donors Fill the Gap When Bishops Cut Funds Because of Marriage Equality Support

Two months ago, immigrants’ rights organizations in Chicago lost funding from the US bishops over... Read More

NEWS NOTES: September 10, 2013

Here are some items that you may find of interest: 1) William Hudson, who resigned... Read More

U.S. Bishops on Pope Francis’ Gay-Positive Comments–Part 1

Many people have commented on Pope Francis’ gay-positive statements on his flight home from World... Read More