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

July 20, 2024/0 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

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

LGBTQ+ Advocates and Church Reformers React Positively to Synod’s Latest Document

June 23, 2023/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

LGBTQ+ advocates' reactions to the Vatican's latest working document for the Synod on Synodality have been largely positive and hopeful. Today's post includes some of those reactions, as well as insightful remarks from one LGBTQ-positive cardinal. Read More

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