Joe Biden Archives - New Ways Ministry

U.S. Bishops Signal Potential “Showdown” with Biden Over Equality Act, Other Issues

November 19, 2020/10 Comments/in Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Meeting virtually this week, the U.S. bishops reaffirmed that the nation's episcopal conference remains deeply conservative. In concluding remarks, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) head took aim at President-elect Joe Biden in what one journalist has suggested might become a "showdown" between church leaders and the new administration, in part because of LGBTQ equality. Read More

Biden Attends Mass at Parish on New Ways Ministry’s LGBTQ-Friendly List

November 18, 2020/1 Comment/in New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Quote to Note /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

There is one more item to add to the list of President-elect Joe Biden's pro-equality record: his Mass attendance at an LGBTQ-friendly parish. Read More

Joe Biden: Second Catholic President, First One With Strong LGBTQ Record

November 9, 2020/0 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Joe Biden, the U.S. President-Elect, is only the second Catholic to rise to the nation's highest office. But he is the first president who comes to office with a sterling record on LGBTQ issues. Read More

Haitian Church Leaders Oppose Legal Reforms to Protect LGBTQ People; And More News

September 26, 2020/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBT Criminalization, Campus Chronicles, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post features news about Haitian church leaders' opposition to protections for LGBTQ people, awards for Michael O'Loughlin's podcast about AIDS and the Catholic Church, and more. Read More

Former V.P. Joe Biden Promotes LGBT Acceptance ‘As You Are’

August 30, 2018/2 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Schools & Youth /by Catherine Buck

The Biden Foundation, a charitable organization founded by former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, is seeking stories from LGBTQ+ people as part of their new campaign, As You Are: A Family and Community Acceptance Campaign. In their press release, the foundation expressed the initiative as seeking to “raise awareness of the importance of family acceptance in the lives of LGBTQ young people.” Read More