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Noticing Hope Amid the Terror

Jesus continues his torrent of terrifying promises that we hear in the lectionary readings at this time of year, but he also gives reason for hope amid the terror. Read More

DignityUSA Played an Active Part at Vatican Event

"It is not I who welcome you, it is the church.” Read More

Parents Withdraw Students from Catholic School for Anti-LGBTQ+ Decision

Citing the school’s exclusion as incompatible with their core values, many of these families are switching their enrollment to other area Catholic schools that are more inclusive of LGBTQ+ families. Read More

New Ways Ministry Criticizes U.S. Bishops on Anti-Trans Health Policies

New Ways Ministry's response to the U.S. bishops' conference's adoption of a new set of guidelines for Catholic hospitals forbidding the institutions to provide gender-affirming medical care to transgender people: Read More

Italian Bishops’ Synodal Report Emphasizes LGBTQ+ Ministry

“Morality is not static; it must take shape from the situation, from the progress of knowledge, and above all from the faces and conditions of people." Read More

Positive and Negative Effects of a Pastoral Approach to LGBTQ+ People

Can a pastoral approach truly ‘solve’ the so-called ‘LGBT-issue’ if doctrine itself remains untouched? Read More

‘Lower Than the Angels’: Queer Bodies in Church History

MacCulloch’s research exposes the various ways the Church has struggled to understand gender identity. Read More

St. Francis and St. John Lateran: How to Rebuild the Church

We claim our voice and presence to both embrace and open our doors to welcome those who have been marginalized. Read More

New Primer on Catholic LGBTQ+ Comfortability; and Other News

Good news across the board! Read More

What a Church With More Conservative Priests Means for LGBTQ+ Catholics

Research suggests that papal attitudes, more than self-identified political leanings, determine how priests approach LGBTQ+ Catholics.  Read More