David Palmieri Archives - New Ways Ministry

LGBTQ+ Youth “Deserve So Much Better” from Church, Writes Catholic Sister

November 13, 2023/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Sarah Cassidy

Sr. Christine Schenk, CSJ, is currently grieving the loss of freedom for many LGBTQ+ students in Ohio. Read More

LGBTQ+ Advocates Celebrate New Pastoral Accompaniment Guidelines

October 20, 2023/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Sarah Cassidy

LGBTQ+ Catholics and supporters are celebrating a new set of guidelines that aims to treat LGBTQ+ individuals with “welcome, love, and respect.” Read More

Portland Archdiocese Describes Gender Affirming Care as “Totalitarian” in New Policy

February 21, 2023/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The Archdiocese of Portland has become the latest U.S. diocese to issue a trans-negative policy on gender issues, which describes gender affirming care as a "totalitarian program that only causes more suffering and lasting damage." Read More

This Is an Issue of Life and Death

November 22, 2022/7 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Guest Contributor

Plain and simple: this is an issue of life and death. Read More

Across U.S., Catholic Educators Criticize Wave of Diocesan Anti-Transgender Policies

October 12, 2022/3 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Higher Education, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Bobby Nichols

Catholic educators are saving lives as they build communities of welcome for LGBTQ+ students despite some dioceses' attempts to enact transgender-exclusionary policies. Read More