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Leaders of Germany’s #OutInChurch Negative About Church’s Response, Affirm Gay Religious

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A leader of Germany's #OutInChurch initiative has evaluated the church's response in the past two years quite negatively, while one member of the initiative affirmed the presence of gay men in religious life. Elsewhere in the country, a Catholic men's group criticized some of Pope Francis anti-transgender rhetoric.  Read More

Germany’s Franciscan Friars Elect Openly Gay Brother as New Provincial Leader

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Germany's male Franciscans have elected an openly gay brother as their new leader, who becomes one of the most high-profile out LGBTQ+ church leader to date. Read More

Fr. Dan Horan: Church Will Be Judged for “Reprehensible” Mistreatment of LGBTQ People

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Regardless of what some Catholics insist, church teaching does in fact change. And history will not be kind to the church about its treatment of LGBTQ people once teachings on gender and sexuality do change, writes Franciscan Fr. Dan Horan. Read More

Will LGBTQ Church Worker Firings Stop in 2020? That is One Friar’s Hope!

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What do the 2020s hold for Catholic LGBTQ issues? It is harder to predicate church developments in the age of Pope Francis. But Franciscan Fr. Dan Horan ventured one hope for the next decade in regards to the spate of LGBTQ church employment disputes over this past decade. Read More

Report on LCWR Meeting With the CDF at the Vatican

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The president and executive director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) met with... Read More