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Catholic LGBTQ+ Advocates Respond Positively to Vatican’s New Synod Document

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Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates have responded positively to the Vatican's latest document on the Synod released last week, praising church officials for reflecting a real style of listening and humility in it. Read More

Scotland’s Bishops Again Working to Stop Proposed Law Helping Transgender Youth

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Scottish Catholic leaders have so far unsuccessfully opposed a new bill aimed at helping transgender youth who choose to transition. Read More

Sydney Catholic Schools Apologizes for Student Musical Featuring Queer Couple

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Australian parents and educators are engaged in disagreement over the depiction of a gay couple in a recent production of School of Rock, produced by the Sydney Catholic Schools organization. Read More

Contemporary Social Issues Impact Sainthood Causes, Including Fr. Mychal Judge

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A recent article in U.S. Catholic examined how sainthood—and the causes for canonization specifically—are impacted by contemporary issues, citing Fr. Mychal Judge's causes as one example. Read More

Vatican’s Latest Synod Document Recognizes LGBTQ+ People as Pressing Pastoral Issue

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The Vatican released the latest working document for the Synod on Synodality yesterday, which included LGBTQ+ issues at two points. The document is a signal for LGBTQ+ Catholics and allies to keep participating in the synodal process. Read More

Key Cardinal Robustly Condemns Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ People

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A high-ranking cardinal has spoken against discrimination, including that which targets queer people, and said the question of blessing LGBTQ+ couples has not been definitively decided. Read More

Catholic School in England Appoints Transgender Teacher to Lead Inclusion Efforts

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A Catholic school in England is taking steps to be LGBTQ+ inclusive by allowing an openly transgender teacher to work at the school. Read More

Black Catholic Theology Can Break Church Impasse on LGBTQ+ Issues

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Theologian Craig Ford Jr. has penned an essay on the Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church website in which he analyzes how LGBTQ+ issues can be viewed through an African-American Catholic lens. Read More

LGBTQ+ Advocates Offer Decolonizing Criticism of Archbishop’s Queerphobic Letter

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LGBTQ+ advocates have strongly criticized a Zambian archbishop's queerphobic letter in which he claimed government leaders were not sufficiently enforcing criminalization laws, a criticism the advocates rooted in decolonization. Read More

LGBTQ+ Vulnerability as a Pathway to Genuine Prayer

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Many of us in the LGBTQ+ community know of vulnerability in prayer. We are left to the mercy of God and trust that God has our best interests in mind. Read More