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Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade Organizers Again Deny Access to LGBTQ Marchers

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St. Patrick’s Day is approaching and cities nationwide are planning parades to celebrate the Irish holiday. In Staten Island, New York, the organizers of a local parade remain unwilling to include LGBTQ people who want to march with rainbow pride. Read More

“Amoris Laetitia”: Church Thinking Needs to Move from the Abstract to the Particular

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How do these forms of LGBTQ erasure and dehumanization come to exist in a teaching document written within the last five years? Read More

Asian Church Must Take LGBTQ Issues Seriously in Synodal Process

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The local phase of the Synod on Synodality is well underway in dioceses worldwide, and LGBTQ issues are part of those discussions in many places. One columnist is exhorting church leaders in Asia to take such issues seriously, including the question of same-gender unions.  Read More

Vatican Official to Give New Ways Ministry Lecture on Synodality & Reconciliation

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New Ways Ministry is pleased to announce that Sr. Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ, Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, will be delivering the 2022 Father Robert Nugent Memorial Lecture. Read More

75% of Dutch Catholics Support Marriage Equality in the Church; And Other News

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Today's post includes news about a new survey of Dutch Catholics and their views on marriage equality, as well as other news items. Read More

New Biography Details Life and Witness of Gay Franciscan Priest, Fr. Mychal Judge

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A new biography of Fr. Mychal Judge, the gay Franciscan priest known as the "Saint of 9/11," has been released. Read More

Fr. Bryan Massingale: My Dream Wedding Is an LGBTQ Couple Marrying Before the Church

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Fr. Bryan Massingale is a leading voice in the mission of dismantling homophobic and racist elements of the institutional Catholic Church. Today's post shares more of his story based on a recent profile of him. Read More

Alumni Launch Crowdfunding Efforts for LGBTQ Diversity Work at Benet Academy

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Alumni and supporters of a Catholic school which fired, then re-hired a lesbian employee are raising funds for diversity efforts at the school, including demands for greater LGBTQ inclusion. Read More

German Vicars General Call for Immediate Protections for LGBTQ Church Workers

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Vicars general from various German dioceses have sent a letter to the country's episcopal conference asking for immediate protections for LGBTQ church workers as labor law reforms are worked out. Read More

Review: New Book AIDS & Catholicism Offers LGBTQ Catholics “Hope for a New Future”

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"Hidden Mercy" is a timely work, and its stories call us to action. Michael O’Loughlin’s work provides hope for a new future. Read More