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Cleveland Diocese’s New Gender Policy Is “Dangerous,” Say Catholic Protestors

September 21, 2023/5 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Ohio Catholics have strongly criticized a new restrictive diocesan gender policy which threatens to ban LGBTQ+ people and allies from participation in the church should they act in an "inappropriate or scandalous way." Read More

Catholic Summer Camp in Italy Closes After Firing Gay Teacher; And More News

September 20, 2023/0 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post includes news about a controversy at an Italian summer camp, new comments by former Irish president Mary McAleese, and more. Read More

Synod Member Objects to Kenyan Court’s Pro-LGBTQ+ Ruling

September 19, 2023/2 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Synod on Synodality /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

An archbishop who will be a member of the Vatican's upcoming Synod assembly has decried a Kenyan court's ruling that an LGBTQ+ group may gain legal recognition. Read More

Catholic Theology Needs Greater Respect for Bodily Autonomy, Writes Therapist

September 18, 2023/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Sarah Cassidy

While Thompson knows that “Catholics are supposed to believe” in the gender binary of only male and female, she cannot support this understanding. For her, that binary has been used as a form of control, power, and suppression. Read More

The Benefit of the Doubt

September 17, 2023/0 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

Today’s post is from guest contributor Sr. Donna McGartland. Donna is one of the authors... Read More

Drag Performance of the Lord’s Prayer Sparks Philippines Controversy

September 16, 2023/1 Comment/in Arts, Books & Culture, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Phoebe Carstens

A recent viral video of a Filipino drag queen performing “Ama Namin,” the Tagalog translation of the Lord’s Prayer, has led to a debate over what may be deemed appropriate religious and artistic expression. Read More

LGBTQ+ Pilgrims to World Youth Day Were Visible, Affirming Presence

September 15, 2023/2 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Schools & Youth /by Liam Myers

In August, among the more than one million young adults who traveled to Lisbon to be a part of World Youth Day were a group sent to shed light on the LGBTQ+ community in the Catholic Church. Read More

Encounter with Transgender Migrant Shows Faith Is Not “A Fence to Keep Others Out”

September 14, 2023/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Writing at the intersection of LGBTQ+ and immigration issues, one queer Catholic shared an experience that helped her understand more fully that faith should never be "a fence to keep others out." Read More

Catholic School Board Set to Expel Member Who Compared Pride Movement to Nazis

September 13, 2023/2 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Leaders of a Canadian Catholic school board have sought the dismissal of a board trustee after what they called a “hate-filled” post was posted to her personal social media account. Read More

LGBTQ+ Advocates Gather at Worcester Diocese’s Chancery to Protest Gender Policy

September 12, 2023/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Higher Education, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

More than 100 people in Massachusetts gathered to oppose one diocese's new LGBTQ-negative schools policy, adding to sustained criticism of the policy, including from some church officials. Read More

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