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“The Sorrow in My Heart is Deeper than Ever.”

April 2, 2023/2 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

As I write this reflection, the sorrow in my heart is deeper than ever. I see and hear in the person of Jesus those in the LGBTQIA+ community and especially those transgender and nonbinary persons who have experienced this same betrayal. Read More

Someday Never Comes

April 1, 2023/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

How long must we wait for a pastoral response from bishops when someday never comes? Read More

6,000+ Catholic Sisters Issue Statement of Solidarity with Transgender Community

March 31, 2023/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Over two dozen communities of women religious have endorsed a statement of solidarity with transgender people in a moment when trans and nonbinary are increasingly under oppressed in civil society and the church. Read More

For Trans Day of Visibility, A Telling of “The Parable of the White Sneakers”

March 31, 2023/5 Comments/in Gender Identity, Personal Stories /by Guest Contributor

Jesus would not be on the side of those who belittle and demean transgender people and their experiences. Read More

Three More Bishops Seek Change in Church Teachings on Homosexuality

March 30, 2023/6 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Three more bishops have expressed a desire for the church to reconsider the language of disorder in church teachings on homosexuality. Read More

Catholic LGBTQ+ Advocates Strongly Condemn Latest USCCB Transgender Statement

March 29, 2023/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates have condemned a new document from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that aims to stop gender-affirming care at Catholic healthcare institutions. Read More

Fr. Dan Horan: U.S. Bishops’ New Transgender Document Is “Nothing Short of a Disaster”

March 28, 2023/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A prominent theologian has critiqued sharply the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' recent document targeting gender-affirming healthcare at Catholic institutions, saying the text is "nothing short of a disaster." Read More

Michigan’s Bishops Fail to Undermine State’s New LGBTQ+ Non-Discrimination Law

March 27, 2023/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty /by Ariell Watson Simon

The Michigan Catholic Conference's efforts to water down new LGBTQ+ protections in the state were ultimately unsuccessful as new nondiscrimination legislation was signed into law this month. Read More

The Bystanders

March 26, 2023/3 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

This unbinding is the way of Christ. But we must ask ourselves, is it our way? Read More

USCCB Leaders Endorse Federal Legislation Targeting Transgender Athletes

March 25, 2023/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Higher Education, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Two leaders for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have written a supportive letter to Republican legislators who are sponsoring a bill that would restrict transgender athletes' participation in sports. Read More

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