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Pro-LGBTQ+ Priests Group Denied Space at Eucharistic Congress; And More News

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Today's post includes news about the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests being denied space at the National Eucharistic Congress, the 'hospital of the popes' opening a gender clinic, and more. Read More

“I Wish the Vatican Would See My Inalienable Dignity,” Says Trans Catholic; More Reactions

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Today's post features more reactions to Dignitas Infinita, the Vatican declaration on human dignity released last Monday that sharply condemned "Gender Theory" and "Sex Change." Read More

Korean Priest Blesses LGBTQ+ Couple, While More Bishops Issue Condemnations

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More than two months after Fiducia Supplicans was released, the debate over blessings persists—in some cases, pastoral workers are taking it to heart and offering blessings. In other cases, bishops are continuing their resistance. Today's post includes those news stories and other commentaries on the topic. Read More

What Lasting Impact Will Pope Francis’ Condemnation of Criminalization Laws Have?

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Pope Francis has made headlines twice in as many weeks over his public denouncement of laws that criminalize LGBTQ+ people, including at the end of an apostolic visit to two African nations. But what impact will the pope's insistence that "being homosexual is not a crime" have in regions with criminalization laws and in the wider church? Read More

Transgender Catholics’ Pains and Joys Highlighted in New Profile

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For transgender Catholics, the church is often a source of both deep pain and profound joy, according to an Associated Press profile of several transgender Catholics in the United States. Read More

In Recent Book on Lesbian Nuns, Women Religious Continue to Break New Ground

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The discussion of sexuality in the Church should not be taboo, according to New Jersey priest Fr. Alexander Santora. In response to Love Tenderly, a compilation of 23 lesbian and queer nuns’ stories about coming to terms with their sexualities, Santora wrote that these stories reflect the current times and that religious women “continue to break new ground and lead the church by example.” Read More