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Andrew Sullivan: Church’s Treatment of Gay Priests a “Giant, Unsustainable Paradox”

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A prominent gay Catholic writer has added their commentary to the debate over gay priests, suggesting the issue is a "giant, unsustainable paradox" that has become a crisis in the Catholic Church. Read More

Excerpt from “In the Closet of the Vatican” Released Ahead of Book Launch

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Ahead of its publication, the National Catholic Reporter released an excerpt from the book "Inside the Closet of the Vatican" by Frédéric Martel. Read More

New Book on Homosexuality at the Vatican Concerns Advocates for Gay Priests

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A new book on homosexuality and the Vatican is being released this week, one which includes the claim, among several controversial assertions, that 80 percent of priests at the Vatican are gay. Read More

Gay Pastoral Ministers in the Netherlands Publish Open Letter to Pope Francis

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Gay pastoral ministers in the Netherlands have published an open letter to Pope Francis protesting the Vatican's ban on gay priests and claiming the Gospel's credibility is imperiled by the Church's attitude on homosexuality. Read More

Church Officials in Germany Seemingly Defy Vatican, Will Accept Gay Men to Seminaries

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In seeming defiance of a Vatican ban on gay men in the priesthood, German dioceses have announced they will accept candidates with homosexual orientations assuming these men remain celibate. Read More

Bishop Rejects Claims of Gay Subculture in Diocese, But Falls Short of Universal Denial

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The bishop of San Diego has rejected parishioners' claims that a gay subculture exists among the diocese's priests and seminarians and refused to blame the clergy sexual abuse scandal on gay priests. Read More

German Cardinal Promotes Disproven Theory Linking Homosexuality and Sexual Abuse

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A top German bishop has claimed homosexuality is what is behind the church's clergy sexual abuse scandal, the latest church official to promote a disproven theory assailing gay priests. Read More

The Worst Catholic LGBT News Events of 2018

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"Bondings 2.0" readers select the top ten Worst Catholic LGBT News Events of 2018. Read More

Exhibit Features Art of Fr. William Hart McNichols, an Openly Gay Priest and Longtime LGBT Advocate

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An exhibit earlier this year featured the art of William Hart McNichols, an openly gay priest and LGBT advocate known by the many for beautiful icons he has written such as "The Passion of Matthew Shepard." Read More

Jamie Manson Castigates Vatican for Harmful Language About Gay Priests

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Jamie Manson, a noted queer columnist for the National Catholic Reporter, has entered anew the debate over gay men in the priesthood (reinvigorated after Pope Francis' most recent comments on the issue) with a striking critique of the language and the ideas church leaders use against gay priests. Read More