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Catholic Mother with Transgender Child Writes on Fears of Returning to Church

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A Catholic parent of a transgender person is hesitant about stepping back into her parish after shifting to virtual services during the pandemic. Read More

Priest Credits LGBTQ Parishioners with Keeping Ministry Alive During Covid Pandemic

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A Chicago priest has written about how the LGBTQ community stepped up during the pandemic to keep parish life alive, which could teach church leaders a wider lesson. Read More

Pope Francis Invites Transgender Group to Receive Covid-19 Vaccines at Vatican

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News broke last week that on Holy Saturday this year, the Vatican hosted a transgender group for vaccinations at the personal invitation of Pope Francis. Read More

Catholic Historian Pushes for Canonization of Fr. Mychal Judge as a Saint for Our Times

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With the causes of Fr. Michael McGivney and Bishop Fulton Sheen before us, historian Kathleen Sprows Cummings believes that there is another candidate who, if canonized, would hold more relevance for our present situation: Fr. Mychal Judge. Read More

Whither Our Easter Joy?

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This week, as with the many weeks of our lives, the Gospel invites us to identify with the disciples as they learn from Jesus. But this week things are very different. Jesus is saying goodbye.  Read More

LGBTQ Equality Should Be Part of Pope Francis’ Vision for the Post-Pandemic World

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Pope Francis has invited the world to consider how we can build a post-pandemic "collective future" free from inequality. As we heed the pope's message, we must also add that the collective future—both for the church and the world—must include equality for LGBTQ people. Read More

In Times of Uncertainty, We Turn to Jesus: The Way, The Truth, The Life

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On this Fifth Sunday of Easter, Michael Sennett reflects on how do we answer Jesus’ call to move forward in the storm of COVID-19 and a church that fails to include LGBTQ people if we do not know the way? Read More

Amid the Pandemic and Always: Acknowledge, Repent, and Recognize

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The Fourth Sunday of Easter feels like a strange kind of in-between time. It's even stranager this year because as we entered Holy Week, the entire world entered the Passion of Christ as we were collectively exposed to the atrocious impact of COVID-19. Read More

Pope Francis Sends Almoner to Help Transgender Community Affected by COVID-19

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Pope Francis sent his personal almoner to assist a transgender community which had appealed to a parish priest for assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. Read More

Devastation and Sacrament on the Road to Emmaus

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I have to admit, I felt like the Easter Grinch during the last few weeks of Lent, convinced that with all the pain and suffering in the world right now, Christ would stay in the tomb this time. After reflecting on today’s Gospel story of  the Emmaus encounter, it brings me comfort to wonder if the disciples felt the same way that I feel now. Read More