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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

Malta’s Main LGBTQ+ Group Rejects Catholic Group’s “Rosary Rally”

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The leading LGBTQ+ rights association in Malta has condemned a protest that a conservative Catholic group organized to protest Pride Week in the European island nation. Read More

Fr. Dan Horan: Church Leaders’ LGBTQ+ “Pastoral Malpractice” Key to Church’s Decline

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In the National Catholic Reporter, Fr. Daniel Horan, OFM examines this decline and suggests that in the Catholic Church, anti-LGBTQ+ policies and statements from dioceses and institutions continue to drive more people further away. Read More

District Court Rules Against Fired Church Worker Shelly Fitzgerald in Discrimination Case

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A federal court has ruled for Archdiocese of Indianapolis and one of its Catholic high schools in a lawsuit filed by Shelly Fitzgerald, a former guidance counselor whose contract was not renewed because of her same-gender marriage. Read More

Italian Priest Suspended from Ministry Over His Support for LGBTQ+ Relationships

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A Catholic priest in Italy was recently suspended from pastoral ministry due to his support for LGBTQ+ couples. Read More