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Progressive Catholic Ousts Anti-Equality Catholic in Australian Leadership Vote

September 15, 2015/3 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Australians have a new prime minister after a leadership vote ousted the heavily criticized Tony Abbott, a Catholic, in favor of a more progressive Catholic who supports marriage equality. Read More

In Their Own Words, LGBT and Ally Catholics Explain Why They Stay In the Church

September 14, 2015/7 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Even with recent years' positive steps in the church, remaining Catholic can be deeply challenging for LGBT people and their loved ones. Sacramental denials, harsh rhetoric, and church worker firings are simply the surface of the violence church officials inflict and the question of "Why stay?" remains real and relevant. Read More

Did the Vatican Really Ban Transgender Godparents?

September 13, 2015/9 Comments/in Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's ruling against a trans* man in Spain becoming a godparent quickly became news that the Vatican had barred transgender godparents. Is that, however, really what is happening? If not, what is to be made of this ruling going forward? Read More

Cardinal Schönborn Offers Model for Pastoral Outreach to Lesbian and Gay Couples

September 12, 2015/10 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

For several years now, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna has spoken acted very forthrightly in... Read More

Gay Catholic to Welcome Pope Francis with President Obama, While Others Call for Greater Dialogue

September 11, 2015/2 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

When President Barack Obama welcomes Pope Francis to the White House later this month, he will do so accompanied by a young gay Catholic but many are still criticizing the pontiff for failing to encounter more intentionally some LGBT Catholics in the U.S. Read More

Progressive Catholic Ousts Anti-Equality Catholic in Australian Leadership Vote

In Their Own Words, LGBT and Ally Catholics Explain Why They Stay In the Church

Did the Vatican Really Ban Transgender Godparents?

Cardinal Schönborn Offers Model for Pastoral Outreach to Lesbian and Gay Couples

Gay Catholic to Welcome Pope Francis with President Obama, While Others Call for Greater Dialogue

Philadelphia Archdiocese's Morality Pledge Reveals Contrasting Visions of Church

Listening to Catholic LGBT Voices from Africa

A Priest's New Novel Explores the Catholic Church's 'Black Wall of Silence'

For Labor Day, Some Difficult Questions for the U.S. Bishops on Church Worker Justice

10 LGBT Insights from the Pew Survey of U.S. Catholics for Pope Francis' Visit

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