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Rhode Island Bishop Condemns Pride Celebrations as “Morally Offensive”

June 4, 2018/8 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

As June begins, a bishop in Rhode Island has warned Catholics against participating in Pride celebrations because it "promotes a lifestyle and agenda that, in the extreme, is morally offensive." Read More

After Meeting With Pope Francis, Gay Man Says “I Saw a Compassionate Man”

June 1, 2018/5 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The gay man to whom Pope Francis said "God made you like this and [God] loves you" has shared more about his conversation with the pope and his own faith life in a recent interview. Read More

Prominent Irish Gay Catholic Calls for “Full Sacramental Marriage” for LGBT Couples Ahead of WMF

April 23, 2018/5 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Church reformers in Ireland recently met in advance of the World Meeting of Families (WMF) to discuss marriage and family issues. At the meeting, a prominent gay Catholic called for full sacramental marriage equality. Read More

Ireland’s Top Archbishop Says Church “Struggles to Find a Language” to Relate to LGBT People

April 20, 2018/10 Comments/in Hierarchy, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Speaking about the upcoming World Meeting of Families, Ireland's top bishop has said the institutional Church struggles to relate to LGBT people and other people who do not conform to the magisterium's ideal image of family. Read More

Fr. Bryan Massingale: Catholics Should Expect “Messy Period” on LGBT Inclusion

April 6, 2018/4 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A leading theologian and priest has said the Catholic Church should expect a "messy period" when it comes to LGBT inclusion, a period similar to that experienced in other Christian denominations as they moved to become more affirming. Read More

Are U.S. Youth’s LGBT-Positive Views Being Represented at Pre-Synod Meeting This Week?

March 21, 2018/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

This week in Rome, some 300 youth and young adults are meeting in advance of October's Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment. Included among the attendees are three people from the U.S., but given their backgrounds, will the overwhelmingly LGBT-positive views of U.S. Catholic young people be fairly represented? Read More

A Voice in the Desert Crying Out: Reflections for the Third Sunday of Advent

December 17, 2017/1 Comment/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

The nature of Advent is that it is both like the snow that glistens and the ground that does not. Like snow that falls and glistens in the quiet of night, Advent is filled with hope, joy, and familial love. Underneath the snow, however, is the ground that doesn’t glisten—the reality that waits to be faced once the snow melts. Read More

Rhode Island Bishop Condemns Pride Celebrations as “Morally Offensive”

After Meeting With Pope Francis, Gay Man Says “I Saw a Compassionate Man”

Prominent Irish Gay Catholic Calls for “Full Sacramental Marriage” for LGBT Couples Ahead of WMF

Ireland’s Top Archbishop Says Church “Struggles to Find a Language” to Relate to LGBT People

Fr. Bryan Massingale: Catholics Should Expect “Messy Period” on LGBT Inclusion

Are U.S. Youth’s LGBT-Positive Views Being Represented at Pre-Synod Meeting This Week?

A Voice in the Desert Crying Out: Reflections for the Third Sunday of Advent

Students Resist Catholic School’s Anti-Marriage Equality Program

Latest Firing Reveals Church Worker Disputes are Really About Homophobia

Community Rallies to Support Fr. Warren Hall

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