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Catholics Grandmothers Protest Removal of Wisconsin LGBTQ+ Ministry

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Three Catholic grandmothers are protesting the closure of an LGBTQ+ ministry in a Wisconsin parish, telling the local archbishop that “we need to accept everyone as they are rather than ask them to reject themselves so that they might be worthy of the church's love.” Read More

Rejoice! But How in Uncertain Times?

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For the first time in my life, the word that has caught my attention most this Advent season is anxiety. Read More

LGBTQ+ Pilgrimage Details Will Be Restored on Vatican Jubilee Website

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An LGBTQ+ pilgrimage for the Jubilee Year in 2025 may be reposted to the Vatican's event website after initially being posted and then removed this month.  Read More

Healthcare Experts, LGBTQ+ Advocates Criticize Anti-Trans Hospitals Report

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Twenty-eight Catholic health networks were among a list of hospitals alleged to have provided gender-affirming care in the past few years. The list was created by an anti-LGBTQ group whose work has already been cited by three bishops as the U.S. hierarchy is discussing new guidelines for Catholic healthcare. Read More

Polish Cardinal Now Open to Legal Protections for LGBTQ+ Couples

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In a move divergent from a history of intense LGBTQ-negative advocacy from Polish Catholic officials, Warsaw’s Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz has expressed openness to legal protections for same-gender couples in the country. Read More

Ghanaian Cardinal Offers Qualified Condemnation of New Anti-Gay Law

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A ranking Vatican leader has reiterated his opposition to Ghana's new law criminalizing people who identify as LGBTQ+, though he said sexual acts between people of the same-gender can be outlawed. Read More

U.S. Bishops’ Conference Seeks End to Federal Non-Discrimination Proposal

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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has voiced opposition to recent regulations proposed by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that mandate non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation, among other factors. Read More

Awaiting a Faith Community That Welcomes

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I don’t know if I will ever fully understand what it feels like to be othered and separated the way that my godfather was, or the way many LGBTQ+ Catholics feel. However, I can empathize. Read More

Fired Gay Church Employee Writes Off-Broadway Play About His Story

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A longtime pastoral musician and educator fired for marrying his same-gender partner wrote a one-person play based on his experience that was recently produced Off-Broadway. Read More

Faculty and Students at St. Norbert’s College Protest New Anti-Transgender Policy

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Students and faculty at St. Norbert’s College, De Pere, are pushing back on their school’s recent policy change to recognize only two male and female sex categories. Read More