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‘Marriage Equality is the Work of Satan,’ Says Minnesota Bishop

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Referring to marriage equality as the work of Satan, Archbishop John Neinstedt’s latest diatribe against... Read More

Pope Francis & Polish Bishop Inspire Hope in Nation’s LGBT Catholics

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Bondings 2.0 reported yesterday on the question of why Catholic bishops did not respond more... Read More

Why Weren’t Bishops More Supportive of Pope’s Gay Priests Comment?

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Pope Francis’ July comments about gay priests–“Who am I to judge?”–continue to spark commentary from... Read More

Russian Olympics Is an Opportune Time for Catholic Human Rights Witness

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Russia’s passage of anti-gay laws and  discrimination against LGBT people in that nation have made... Read More

A Tale of Two Bishops

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Two bishops from opposite ends of our wide nation discussed marriage equality recently, and it’s... Read More

Commonweal’s Ambivalent Position on Marriage Equality

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The August 16th issue of Commonweal magazine leads off with an editorial which expresses the publication’s opposition... Read More

March on Washington Can Teach Catholic Church About Equality

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Millions of Americans marked the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington on Wednesday,... Read More

A Catholic Conservative Comes Out for Same-Sex Marriage

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At the end of last week, Commonweal magazine published a long essay with the provocative headline:... Read More

Sr. Jeannine Gramick on “Becoming the Person God Wants Us to Be”

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In June, Sr. Jeannine Gramick, a co-founder of New Ways Ministry, gave a presentation at... Read More

Understanding Transgender Issues Starts with Good Questions

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As legal issues and theological debates grow around transgender issues, people of faith are speaking... Read More