LGBTQ Archives - Page 49 of 214

Top German Lay Catholic Organizations Endorses New Transgender Rights Legislation

January 11, 2023/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Two of Germany's top Catholic lay organizations have endorsed proposed civil legislation to expand transgender rights. Read More

Monastery Investigating Priest for Giving Anti-LGBTQ+ Christmas Homily

January 10, 2023/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A monastery in Germany has begun investigating one of its members over an anti-LGBTQ+ homily delivered in December, while the local bishop offered his own condemnation of the priest's remarks. Read More

Iowa Diocese’s New Gender Policy Refers to Transgender Healthcare as “Mutilation”

January 9, 2023/3 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

An Iowa diocese is being criticized after its new gender policy was leaked last week, which refers to gender-affirming healthcare as "mutilation" and bans such treatments on church property. Read More

Finding LGBTQ+ Epiphanies in the Heart of a Holy Child

January 8, 2023/3 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

The Magi came to look upon the baby Jesus. What if we look into the eyes and heart of this holy child and the adult he later became? Read More

Sr. Jeannine Gramick Writes About Providential Encounter with Benedict XVI

January 7, 2023/7 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

As Benedict XVI was laid to rest this week, Sr. Jeannine Gramick again recounted her chance encounter with the former pope, then serving as a top Curia official overseeing an investigation against her ministry. Read More

Ecumenical Group Files Amicus Brief Supporting Fired Gay Church Worker’s Lawsuit

January 6, 2023/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth /by Andru Zodrow

A group of Protestant churches in North Carolina has filed an amicus brief supporting a gay plaintiff’s Title VII claim against the Catholic school that fired him in 2014, according to Law360. Read More

English Cardinal Criticizes New LGBTQ-Inclusive Version of Christmas Carol

January 5, 2023/1 Comment/in Arts, Books & Culture, Hierarchy /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

England's top prelate has criticized an LGBTQ-inclusive version of a traditional Christmas carol that was sung at an Anglican church over the holiday season. Read More

Advocates Reflect on Benedict XVI’s Largely Negative LGBTQ+ Impact

January 4, 2023/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

LGBTQ+ advocates have marked the death of Benedict XVI, the pope emeritus, with reflections about the impact he had—as a theologian and cardinal, as well as pope—on issues of gender and sexuality in the church. Read More