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Does Disbelief in God Expand the Number of LGBTQ+ People?

The bishop is entitled to his opinion. But opinions, especially when they are so sweeping and provocative, should be supported with evidence. Read More

Mixed Responses to Catholic School’s Inclusive ‘O’

The goal of the Inclusive O was to “affirm that our LGBTQ+ students, families, faculty, and staff are seen, known, loved, and belong here.”  Read More

Do We Have the Power to “Bind and to Loose”?

We need to ask  how we might loosen the bonds of our fellow LGBTQ+ folks and even of our fellow Catholics who disagree with us. Read More

Bishops, LGBTQ+ Folks, Scholars Learn From Each Other at New Ways Ministry Event

“It did not matter who you were or what fancy accomplishments you had achieved or ecclesiastical positions you held, everyone was treated with respect and in a spirit of Christian love.” Read More

A Chance Encounter Is the Seed of a Catholic Nun’s Transgender Ministry

"We have never seen Mother Teresa, but for us she is our Mother Teresa.” Read More

Catholic LGBT+ Committee Criticizes Bishop’s Sermon on Human Dignity

Bishop Stefan Oster defended human dignity, but berated LGBT+ topics. LGBT+ Catholics responded. Read More

Transgender Catholic Ministry Is Flowering in Southern India

“I had all these stereotypes about transgender people,” Father Joseph said. “But Inba started sowing seeds of love in my heart from the day I met her.” Read More

“No One Is Excluded from the Heart of God”: An Italian Archbishop on Transgender People

"No life is foreign to the mystery of salvation. And every person, every story, including those that seem distant or difficult for us to understand, carries within it the possibility of a revelation. . . of a God who draws near." Read More

Saints to Celebrate as Transgender History Month Closes

Saints that transgress and explode gender binaries have existed since the beginning of the church itself. Read More