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Fr. James Martin Urges Welcome and Respect for LGBT Catholics at WMF

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The movement in the United States and around the world to create LGBT-friendly parishes, which has worked for decades to welcome and include marginalized and alienated people, finally came into its own this week when, at the Vatican-sponsored World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Jesuit Father James Martin addressed the gathering about creating inclusive Catholic communities. Read More

Second Pro-LGBT Catholic Organization Has Been Ignored by World Meeting of Families

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An international coalition of Catholic LGBT organizations has become the second organization to announce that the World Meeting of Families (WMF) administrators have ignored their application to have an exhibit booth at the Dublin event in August. Read More

Recognizing, Understanding, and Affirming Asexual People

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There’s a small change in one of the definitions of Fr. James Martin’s second edition of Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion and Sensitivity. The change may be minor, but it makes a world of difference to a particular group of people who are often forgotten.  Read More

Pope Francis: World’s Pastor, Enforcer of Doctrine—or Spiritual Director?

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Pope Francis’s declarations on LGBTQ issues have been producing spiritual whiplash. On one hand we have “Who am I to judge?” and “God made you like this. God loves you like this.” On the other, we have a reaffirmation that seminaries should not admit gay men, and no indication that Francis plans to alter basic church teaching on sexuality. How should we understand this complex--or contradictory?--figure? Read More

NEWS NOTES: Trans Health, Fr. Martin, LGBTQ+ Poster, Successful Fundraiser, and Gay Baseball Player

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A variety of short news items on topics of Catholic LGBTQ interest. Click the links to learn more.  Read More

“Intrinsically Disordered”: How We Got There, Why It Matters, and What We Should Do About It

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The Roman Catholic Church uses the terminology "intrinsic, objective disorder" to describe lesbian and gay sexuality, but more and more Catholics are speaking out about the harm that such language causes. How did we get strapped with such terminology and what can we do about it? Read More

The Best Catholic LGBT News Events of 2017

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As we close out 2017, here's our readers' picks for the best Catholic LGBT news of the past 12 months. Read More

Seminary Cancels Fr. Martin’s Talk Due to Criticism of His LGBT Book

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The following is a statement by Francis DeBernardo, Executive Director, New Ways Ministry, in response... Read More

The Time Is Now for Church’s Sexuality Dialogue

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The National Catholic Reporter’s editors have called for a “Time for dialogue on sexual ethics”... Read More

In Interviews In All Kinds of Media, Fr. Martin Offers Insights to His New Book

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As I’ve noted before, Jesuit Fr. James Martin’s new book Building a Bridge:  How the Catholic... Read More