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Five Years After Discrimination Complaint, Archdiocese and LGBTQ+ Group Host Joint Event

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Representatives from an LGBTQ+ group and the Archdiocese of Vancouver recently held a collaborative community event to discuss the intersections of faith and sexuality, demonstrating the strength of a relationship grown from a discrimination lawsuit that once put the groups at odds five years ago. Read More

Catholic Schools in Lafayette Diocese Are Latest to Impose Anti-Transgender Policy

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The Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana is implementing a new policy requiring students, parents, faculty, and staff at Catholic schools to wear clothing and use the pronouns of “each person’s God-given sexual identity and biological sex at birth.” Read More

U.S. District Judge Dismisses Fired Gay Church Worker’s Discrimination Suit

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A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a gay former Catholic school teacher’s discrimination lawsuit, which came after he was fired over eventual plans to marry his boyfriend. Read More

Facing Anti-LGBTQ Oppression, The Choice to Be a Good Samaritan for Others

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LGBTQ+ people, who in the face of oppression, have proven to be Good Samaritans to others. Read More

Are Pride Month and Sacred Heart Devotion Complementary? Two Authors Say “Yes”

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Each year, Catholic publications are publishing more articles and reflections for Pride Month. Today's post features some of this pieces from this June, two of which address the connection between Pride and the Sacred Heart devotion. Read More

Reginald Adams, A Gay Black Catholic Killed in Hate Crime, Remembered by Journalist

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In 1973, Reginald Adams, a gay Catholic, was among the 32 people who died in a fire caused by arson at the Up Stairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans. It was the worst mass killing of LGBTQ people in twentieth-century U.S. history.  Read More

With God All Things ARE Possible!

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A year has now passed since that day, and I reflect on what’s changed since that beautiful Pride Mass at which I preached. Read More

Three Vignettes on LGBTQ Ministry from a Passionist Priest

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For Pride Month, we invited Passionist Father John Lee, C.P., an ally and long-time minister with the LGBTQ community, to reflect on what he has learned from his pastoral experiences.  Read More

Celebrate Pride with a Queer Reading of Genesis’ Creation Stories

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How are the creation stories in the Book of Genesis queer? To celebrate Pride Month, a theologian offers a biblical interpretation that challenges the dominant readings of God’s creation. Read More

As Local Synod Reports Published, LGBTQ Issues Named as Top Priority for Church

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As the local listening portion of the Synod on Synodality concludes this summer, reports worldwide are being released which identify LGBTQ issues as needing attention in the church. Today's post highlights several of these reports. Read More