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Xavier University Celebrates First Ever Pride Week with “Gayla”

October 29, 2021/0 Comments/in Higher Education, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Elise Dubravec

The U.S.' only historically Black Catholic college has celebrated its first Pride Week, which was an effort to show LGBTQ people the campus is "unequivocally their home," according to one staff member. Read More

National Catholic Reporter’s Editor Asks: Is Tide Turning on LGBTQ Church Worker Firings?

October 28, 2021/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Is the tide on firing LGBTQ employees at Catholic schools turning? This question was asked by National Catholic Reporter's executive editor Heidi Schlumpf in a recent column. Read More

Brooklyn Diocese Fires Gay Church Worker Described By Supporter As “Love Incarnate”

October 27, 2021/13 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Employment Issues, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A New York diocese has fired a church worker over his same-gender marriage, a church worker who one supporter described as "love incarnate." Read More

Top Jesuit Superior Praises Brazilian Priests’s Book on LGBTQ Theology

October 26, 2021/1 Comment/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The world's top Jesuit has praised a member of the religious order for his book on LGBTQ theology, saying the book has "many merits." Read More

Bishops in New Zealand Endorse Proposed Law Banning Conversion Therapy

October 25, 2021/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

New Zealand's bishops have issued their qualified support for legislation that would ban conversion therapy in that country. Read More

Not Using Preferred Names and Pronouns Is “Unchristian and Sinful,” Says Fr. Dan Horan

October 23, 2021/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Angela Howard-McParland

A Catholic defense of using preferred gender pronouns and names was penned by a theologian in the National Catholic Reporter last week, who said the significance of naming has great power. Read More

Swiss Bishop Says “I Don’t Mind” If LGBTQ Couples Receive Equal Marriage Rights

October 22, 2021/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A Swiss bishop has spoken positively about legal protections for same-gender couples, even while expressing opposition to the marriage equality referendum in that country which passed with 64% of the vote in late September. Read More