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The Blessed Merciful: Coming Out Catholic in a Gay Bar

I started going to gay bars to try and accept myself as a gay man. Little did I realize that gay men would also help me accept myself as a Catholic, and my past as a priest.  Read More

IDAHOBIT: Catholic Prayer Services to End Discrimination and Violence, Part 2

Every Catholic parish around the globe should be hosting these vigils next year! Read More

Finding the Divine Spark Within to Heal Us and the World

Recgonizing the Divine Spark that heals and transforms, the love that makes all things new. Read More

IDAHOBIT: Catholic Prayer Services to End Discrimination and Violence, Part 1

Start planning now to host prayer vigils in 2027! Read More

Gay Scottish Parliament Member Speaks Out About His Catholic Faith

“My faith is quite complicated, and my relationship with my faith is quite complicated, particularly as a gay Catholic, but I can’t be anything else." Read More

Survival Strategies for Dealing With Internal “Catholic vs. LGBTQ+” Tension

Giving up either identity is often not an option. Living within the tension becomes a necessity. Read More

All Are Welcome! Are All Welcome?

The church needs the gifts of the LGBTQ+ faithful. Perhaps God designed it that way, the Holy Spirit distributing gifts among the baptised so that no one member of the body can say to another “I do not need you.”  Read More

Dubious Homilies and Ambiguous Bodies

While most Catholics would recognise that we have a natural capacity for change through growing and aging, trans experience also suggests that this capacity is even broader. Read More

June Can Be a Month for BOTH the Sacred Heart AND Pride

"Pride Month can be a time to grow in spirituality, especially by focusing on the devotion of the Sacred Heart." Read More

Being Strengthened By Manna Moments

Today's liturgical readings contain signs of hope and solace for LGBTQ+ Catholics, who, despite belonging to the Body of Christ, may sometimes feel ostracized. Read More