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Open Letter Protests Archdiocese’s Reprimand of Priest Who Blessed LGBTQ Couple

September 27, 2021/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Pastoral workers in Germany released an open letter to protest one archdiocese's reprimanding of a priest who allegedly blessed a same-gender couple earlier this year. Read More

Now Is the Time: LGBTQ Catholics in the Synodal Journey

September 26, 2021/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Scriptural Reflections, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Mark Guevarra

For Catholics who seek equality for LGBTQ people in the church, now is the time to redouble our efforts to speak our truth for the sake of justice. Read More

Scottish Official Responds to Email Claiming His Homosexuality Caused Church Fire

September 25, 2021/4 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights /by Elise Dubravec

A gay government official in Scotland has responded strongly and civilly on Twitter to to a homophobic email which blamed a recent church fire on his sexuality. Read More

Students Dissatisfied with Walsh University’s Inclusion Plan That Omits LGBTQ Group

September 24, 2021/0 Comments/in Higher Education, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Elise Dubravec

A Catholic university has implemented a plan to create a more inclusive campus, but LGBTQ students say the inclusion plan does not satisfy them. Read More

After Protests, Catholic School Reverses Decision Not to Hire LGBTQ Coach

September 23, 2021/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A Catholic school in Illinois will proceed with hiring an LGBTQ employee, reversing its initial decision to rescind a job offer from over the employee's same-gender marriage. Read More

Pope Francis Affirms Need for Lesbian/Gay Pastoral Care, Criticizes “Gender Ideology”

September 22, 2021/6 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In an interview released yesterday, Pope Francis has affirmed the need for pastoral care benefitting lesbian and gay people, but again attacked "gender ideology. Read More

Community Protests Catholic School Rescinding Job Offer to LGBTQ Employee

September 21, 2021/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A Catholic school has rescinded a job offer for an employee after learning the employee was in a same-gender marriage. Read More

Irish Archbishops Encourage LGBTQ Outreach Amid Major Decline in Church Life

September 20, 2021/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Two archbishop in Ireland have emphasized the need to include LGBTQ people in the church's outreach efforts, comments made in the face of declining enrollment and participation among Irish Catholics. Read More

Embracing The Real Meaning Of What It Means To Be Last.

September 19, 2021/2 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

Being last doesn’t have to feel as negative as it might sound. Read More

Former Pope Benedict XVI Calls Marriage Equality a “Deformation of Conscience”

September 18, 2021/9 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Former pope Benedict XVI sharply criticized marriage equality as the result of a "deformation of conscience" that is in "contradiction to all previously successive cultures of mankind." Read More

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