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Can Encounter Be a Way for Conservatives to Go Forward on LGBT Equality?

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Conservative Christians have lost the battle over marriage equality, said Religion Dispatches blogger Kaya Oakes... Read More

Catholics Should Not Wait for Courts on LGBT Church Workers' Rights

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Will Catholic institutions continue to be legally protected when they fire LGBT church workers who... Read More

Malawi Bishops' Anti-Gay Remarks Raise Human Rights Issues

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LGBT communities in a number of African nations face some of the world’s most oppressive... Read More

Bishop Paprocki Responds to Newspaper Letter on Communion Distribution

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Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, has implicitly critiqued the recent comments by Archbishop Blase... Read More

Sr. Jeannine Gramick Celebrated Good News in 2015

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Sr. Jeannine Gramick, New Ways Ministry’s Co-Founder, has worked more than four decades to bring... Read More

Married Gay Catholics Chosen as "Persons of the Year"

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Married gay Catholics Greg Bourke and Michael DeLe­on were chosen as Persons of the Year by... Read More

Church Worker Rights a Key Concern for Year of Mercy

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LGBT workers’ rights remain deficient at Catholic institutions, a divisive reality demanding even greater attention... Read More

With Christmas Approaching, Gay Cantor Is Fired from Parish Job

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Just as we prepare for Christmas celebrations to begin, news has broken that yet another gay... Read More

2015: A Miraculous Year for Love

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What bothers me most about this common understanding of miracles, though, is that, in seeking the superstitious and super-natural, we miss the real miracles God performs in our world. 2015 was a year of miracles, miracles of love. I reflect on a few now so they are not lost. Read More

Slovenia Rejects Marriage Equality with Pope Francis' Blessing

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Slovenians rejected equal marriage and adoption rights for same-gender couples in Sunday’s national referendum, an outcome... Read More