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New Papal Preacher Gave Pro-Gay Lecture; More LGBTQ-Positive Vatican Appointees

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As Pope Francis has shown previously with his appointment of new cardinals, being LGBTQ-positive no longer seems to preclude church leaders from taking up Vatican positions. Today's post highlights a few more appointments of inclusive prelates, including the papal preacher. Read More

Archbishop Says African Synod Delegates Will Keep Opposing LGBTQ+ Inclusion

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Ahead of the Synod on Synodality's final assembly in October, a Cameroonian archbishop has defended African Catholics' opposition to LGBTQ+ and said it would continue. Read More

Pope Reportedly Says Anti-LGBTQ+ Term Again, Yet Affirms Gay Priests’ Goodness

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For a second time, Pope Francis has reportedly used an anti-gay term and warned about gay men in seminary during closed-door remarks to a room of clergy. Yet, he is also reported to have met with Fr. James Martin, SJ, and affirmed gay priests. Read More

Gay People Are Priests. Let Us Give Thanks to the Lord, Our God.

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When the official ecclesial stance is such an unhealthy and closeted spirituality, ironically, the behaviors and attitudes that the Pope deplores are what result. Read More

Vatican’s Doctrine Chief on Criminalization Laws: “When I Read Them I Wanted to Die”

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At a press conference to release the Vatican's new declaration on human dignity, which made headlines for condemning gender theory, the top doctrinal official also made positive comments about homosexuality. Yet, he doubled down on the declaration's anti-transgender aspects, too. Read More

Church Must Facilitate Faith and Sexuality Conversations, Urges Malaysian Gay Catholic

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A gay Catholic in Malaysia has urged the church to better host and facilitate conversations about faith and sexuality in his home country. Read More

Top Vatican Official: Linking Gay Priests to Abuse Is “Scientifically Untenable Association”

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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State for the Holy See, refuted the idea that homosexuality is linked to sexual abuse, writing in a new book that blaming the abuse crisis in the church on gay priests is a "serious and scientifically untenable association." Read More

LGBTQ+ German Church Workers Write to Pope Francis Seeking Reforms to Catechism

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LGBTQ+ church workers in Germany who wrote to Pope Francis proposing evolutions in church teaching have now released their letter publicly after receiving no response. Read More

Pope Francis Must “Embrace Conversion” for Full LGBTQ+ Equality, Writes Gay Catholic

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In a piece for the National Catholic Reporter, a young gay Catholic has argued that although LGBTQ+ Catholics have received support from Pope Francis, the pontiff must be more radical to heal this harmed community. Read More

Sr. Jeannine Gramick: Church Teaching on LGBTQ+ Issues Will “Inevitably Change”

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Sr. Jeannine Gramick, SL, co-founder of New Ways Ministry, has penned an essay reflecting on Pope Francis’ call for the decriminalization of homosexuality and her vision for the future of the church. Read More