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More Catholic Leaders Defend German Bishops’ Pro-LGBTQ+ Schools Policy

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As the debate continues, the DBK paper has become a focal point for wider anxieties about the future of Catholic education: whether schools should primarily serve as guardians of doctrinal clarity, or as pastoral spaces that respond flexibly to the lived realities of students. Read More

‘Heated Rivalry’ Says As Much About LGBTQ+ Clergy and Religious As It Does About Hockey

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"In seeing that they are not alone, they are able to let go and become so much more human and generous." Read More

Being Light and Salt After the Death of Renée Good

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Today’s Gospel calls us to be “salt of the earth” and “light of the world.” So what does it mean to be light and salt in times like these? Read More

Students, Alumni Speak Out Against LGBTQ+ Discrimination in Tasmania’s Catholic Schools

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"No child should have to trade their dignity for an education. No child should be isolated to make adults more comfortable. And no child should grow up learning that who they are is a problem.” Read More

Trump Administration Backs Catholic Suit to Let Schools Discriminate Against LGBTQ+ People

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A Colorado Circuit Court Judge called the type of argument the Trump administration uses "farcical." Read More

On Following One’s Conscience–and Suffering the Consequences

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Of the scores and scores of people I've met who have had to make a conscience decision that opposed dominant thought and practice, not one, no matter what the price, was ever sorry they did so. Read More

Bishops’ Liaison to Catholic LGBT+ Groups Explains Pastoral Accompaniment

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It is very rare that a bishops' conference creates an official connection with LGBTQ+ Catholic groups. Read More

Ghana’s Bishops Join the Critique of the Nation’s Proposed Health Education Manual

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A definition of gender identity caused a national uproar, and the nation's bishops supported its removal.  Read More

Rewriting the Beatitudes (Twice) For Those With Privilege

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It’s easy to read the Beatitudes and think that I’m on Jesus’ side. It’s much more difficult to consider the alternative. This is especially true upon reflection of our own circumstances. Read More

Book Review: Católicos LGBTQ: Una Guía Para Pastoral Inclusiva

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This book . . . leaves me thirsting for more pastoral work to be done to respond to the concrete experiences of queer Latinx Catholics. Read More