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Worcester Bishop Demands Catholic School Remove Pride, Black Lives Matter Flags

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A Catholic school in Massachusetts is resisting one local bishop's attempts to have the school take down Pride and Black Lives Matter flags at the risk of the school losing its Catholic affiliation. Read More

Catholic Leaders Seek Right to Discriminate in Federally-Funded Childcare Programs

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Catholic leaders, including the U.S. bishops, have joined an interfaith letter that seeks provisions in Build Back Better Act's childcare and pre-kindergarten programs allowing discrimination, including against LGBTQ people.   Read More

Top Jesuit Superior Praises Brazilian Priests’s Book on LGBTQ Theology

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The world's top Jesuit has praised a member of the religious order for his book on LGBTQ theology, saying the book has "many merits." Read More

Pope Francis Affirms Need for Lesbian/Gay Pastoral Care, Criticizes “Gender Ideology”

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In an interview released yesterday, Pope Francis has affirmed the need for pastoral care benefitting lesbian and gay people, but again attacked "gender ideology. Read More

Gay Jesuit Priest: “We dream of a church that will accept us.”

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An openly gay Jesuit priest has written about his spiritual journey as he wrestled with the harmonization of his religious vocation and sexual identity. Read More

Spanish Jesuit Issues Pride Week Letter in Support of LGBTQ Equality

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A Jesuit sociologist in Spain has expressed support for the LGBTQ community by publishing a letter in favor of LGBTQ equality. Read More

Unexpected Grace: How a Welcoming Parish Softened One LGBTQ Catholic’s Heart

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An LGBTQ parishioner in Washington, D.C. has experienced a spiritual renewal in which they discovered a warm and loving environment at his local Catholic parish that softened their hardened attitudes toward the church. Read More

Ignatian Family Demands Justice for LGBTQ Community at #IFTJ19

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As 2,000+ students, teachers, and campus ministers from Jesuit high schools, colleges, and parishes gathered in Washignton, D.C. metro area this weekend for the annual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice (IFTJ), justice for the LGBTQ community took center stage. Read More

Jesuit H.S. Denies Teacher Was Fired Because He Is Gay

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A Jesuit high school in Chicago is denying allegations it fired a gay teacher because... Read More

Remembering Fr. John McNeill, Gay Prophet and Pioneer, on All Saints' Day

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John J. McNeill's canonization may be years away, but as Catholics mark today's Solemnity of All Saints, we celebrate certain he is among the saints in heaven. McNeill's passing into new life comes in a fall where the church itself is gradually dying to prejudice and misunderstanding and passing into a more inclusive life. Read More