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Monastery Investigating Priest for Giving Anti-LGBTQ+ Christmas Homily

January 10, 2023/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A monastery in Germany has begun investigating one of its members over an anti-LGBTQ+ homily delivered in December, while the local bishop offered his own condemnation of the priest's remarks. Read More

In Homily, German Priests Calls for Church Blessings for Same-Gender Couples

October 13, 2020/4 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Madeline Foley

A priest in Germany harshly criticized the church’s refusal to ordain women and gay men, as well as its unwillingness to bless same-gender couples, calling some Catholics “bouncers” for their exclusionary attitudes. Read More

Pastor Apologizes After Priest Compares Black Lives Matter’s LGBTQ Support to Terrorism

September 16, 2020/6 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The pastor of a Michigan parish has apologized after a priest assigned to that parish compared Black Lives Matter to terrorists over the group's support for LGBTQ equality. Read More