Cardinal Robert McElroy Archives

Cardinal Gregory’s Apology to LGBTQ+ Catholics Is a ‘Watershed Moment’

January 30, 2025/6 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Washington's Cardinal Gregory's apology has laid the groundwork for better connections between LGBTQ+ people and the Catholic Church. It will now be up to the incoming archbishop, Cardinal Robert McElroy to bring that groundwork to a flowering of welcome and affirmation. Read More

Budde, Broglio, Romero, and McElroy: On Speaking Out Against Injustice

January 29, 2025/6 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

"Cardinal McElroy and Bishop Budde look like they are going to get along very well in Washington, D.C." Read More

Catholic Joe Biden: Most Pro-LGBTQ+ President in U.S. History

January 21, 2025/3 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Today, I pray in thanksgiving that Joe Biden showed the nation and the world a wonderful example of how Catholicism supports LGBTQ+ equality. Read More

Trump Nominated an Anti-LGBTQ Critic of Pope Francis as Vatican Ambassador

January 8, 2025/2 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis /by Jeromiah Taylor

Both Brian Burch and his website are known for being highly critical of Pope Francis and have a history of anti-LGBTQ+ positions. Read More

New Ways Ministry Delighted With Appointment of Cardinal McElroy to DC

January 7, 2025/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The most exciting feature about this appointment for New Ways Ministry is the cardinal’s strong positive statements regarding LGBTQ+ issues. Read More

In San Diego, Bishop Apologizes to LGBTQ+ Community During Pride Mass

September 9, 2024/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In a hopeful sign for LGBTQ+ ministry, six parishes in the Diocese of San Diego celebrated an “All Are Welcome” Mass this summer. At the liturgy, a local bishop apologized to the LGBTQ+ community on behalf of the church and encouraged greater love and inclusion. Read More

Blessings Opposition Due to “Enduring Animus” Against LGBTQ+ People, Says Cardinal McElroy

February 19, 2024/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A top U.S. cardinal has said opposition to Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican declaration allowing blessings for... Read More

Synod Delegates Share Some of the Dynamics Around LGBTQ+ Discussions

November 3, 2023/1 Comment/in Synod on Synodality /by Brian Flanagan

"There were some very compelling testimonies on the part of people about that in terms of their families. That was not fully reflected in the document." Read More

How Are Synod Assembly Participants on LGBTQ+ Issues? — Part II

July 13, 2023/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Yesterday, Bondings 2.0 announced New Ways Ministry's new resource that details what participants in the upcoming Synod assembly in October have said or done when it comes to LGBTQ+ issues. Today, a second batch of participants has been added to that resource. Read More

U.S. Bishops Vote for Process that Could End Gender-Affirming Care at Catholic Hospitals

June 22, 2023/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The U.S. bishops voted unanimously at their spring assembly last week to begin revisions of their medical guidelines that could lead to gender-affirming care being offered at Catholic hospitals. Read More

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