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The Good News of Christ the King: Why Gay Catholics Should Celebrate Today’s Solemnity

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Today is the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, and the celebration feels a little pointed this year. Read More

Canadian Catholic School Board Sanctions Official for Anti-LGBTQ Comments

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A Catholic school district in Canada has sanctioned an official who expressed homophobic comments opposing LGBTQ-supportive policies for students. In a related story, a candidate for another district's trustees has been criticized for his disparaging writings on LGBTQ identity and his endorsement of conversion therapy. Read More

Catholics Join in Praying for the Departed on Transgender Day of Remembrance

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Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), a time set aside to mourn the deaths and honor the lives of trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people who died of violence. Read More

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

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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

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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

Same-Sex Catholic Couples and the Common Good: Do We Belong?

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By affirming that gay and lesbian people have a right to be included in the family, while at the same time affirming the possibility of legal recognition for same-sex couples, Pope Francis has opened space for thinking of us and our relationships at the very center of the family and the common good. Read More

Catholics Rally Around Lesbian Catechist Fired Over Her Same-Gender Marriage

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A lesbian Catholic church worker recently fired by a Spanish bishop because of her same-gender marriage has received tremendous support. The incident has become a catalyst for church reform through the circulation of an open letter that calls for a more inclusive religious community. Read More

The God of Nightmares Pushing Us Beyond

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Today's gospel reading has to be one of the scariest in the Bible! That is not a warm, fuzzy God. That is the God of nightmares. Read More

In Review, Catholic Magazine Lauds “Schitt’s Creek’s” Positive Portrayal of Queer Love

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America magazine’s review of the television show “Schitt’s Creek” notably included a glowing discussion of the show’s positive portrayal of queer relationships. Read More

Assumption University President Apologizes for Campus Ministry’s LGBTQ-Negative Content

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The president of a Catholic university has apologized for offensive LGBTQ-negative language sent to students by Campus Ministry. Read More