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Turning Over Tables With Jesus

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“He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area.” This image from today’s gospel is not the way I like to imagine Jesus. Read More

QUOTE TO NOTE: Cardinal Farrell’s Confusing Comment on Dialogue

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The head of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life has finally spoken out as to why he was not allowing an international Catholic woman's conference to be hosted by the Vatican. Read More

Catholic Charities Allegedly Bars Lesbian Couple from Fostering a Refugee Child

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A lesbian couple in Texas have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bbishops and the U.S. government for allegedly barring the couple from becoming foster parents to a refugee child. Read More

Two Court Cases Raise the Question of Religious Rights vs. LGBTQ Rights

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In the wake of multiple firings of LGBTQ people from Catholic institutions, the chair of the Fordham University’s theology department reported a disheartening political reality for the queer community in the form of two state court rulings.  Read More

Lesbian Softball Coach’s Forced Resignation Reveals Contradiction at Catholic School

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A church worker in Michigan has been forced to resign after her Catholic employer and the local diocese expressed concern about the worker's upcoming same-gender marriage. Read More

CATHOLIC LGBT HISTORY: San Francisco Archbishop Compromises on Domestic Partnerships

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What is remarkable about this historic development is that it shows that Catholic leaders can find creative ways to live with pro-LGBT equality initiatives.  Indeed, they can even negotiate with political leaders to get past impasses.  Read More

Firing LGBT Church Workers Is the Real Cause of Scandal Damaging the Church

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The recent firing of two gay church workers has prompted new reflections on what is truly scandalous about these employment disputes and the damage they are causing. Read More

Tests and Tents: Finding Grace in Life’s Challenges

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Being a second-generation, Filipinx queer person of color that grew up in the evergreens and lush mountains of the Pacific Northwest, I felt a deep desire to go back home and give back to my community to serve and walk with the majority of students of color coming from low-income backgrounds, who live in a predominantly white city. Read More

NEWS NOTES: Pax Christi USA Appoints LGBT-Friendly Bishop as President; Hong Kong Bishop Cancels LGBT Mass; and More

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Bishop John Stowe of Lexington has been named the bishop-president of Pax Christi USA, according to the National Catholic Reporter. Bishop Stowe has an LGBT-positive record. . . Read More

World Meeting of Families Video Includes Voices of Lesbian Catholic, Catholic Mother of Gay Child

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Lesbian/gay stories were included in preparatory materials for the 2018 World Meeting of Families, a potential sign that this year's gathering in Dublin may be more inclusive than past events. Read More