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U.S. Bishops’ Conference Elects President With Anti-LGBTQ Record

November 16, 2022/5 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In his first press conference, the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has repeated the false claim that homosexuality is a cause of sexual abuse in the church. Meanwhile, the U.S. bishops sustain their use of religious liberty to counter LGBTQ+ equality. Read More

Catholic Cemetery Apologizes for Removing Gay Couple’s Wedding Date from Headstone

November 15, 2022/3 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Andru Zodrow

An Ohio Catholic cemetery has apologized for erasing a gay couple’s marriage date from the headstone of one member of the couple. Read More

Denver Catholics Condemn Damage Done by Archdiocese’s LGBTQ-Negative Policies

November 14, 2022/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholics are speaking out about the damage that LGBTQ-negative policies and practices by the Archdiocese of Denver are doing. The criticism comes after an archdiocesan gender policy became public this week, which bans transgender students from Catholic schools and place other limitations on LGBTQ+ people. Read More

Is Light for LGBTQ+ Catholics Coming from the Day of Wrath or the Sun of Justice?

November 13, 2022/6 Comments/in Personal Stories, Scriptural Reflections /by Michaelangelo Allocca

As a gay man in the Church, I am constantly torn between the “glass half-empty” and “glass half-full” views – or more in keeping with the imagery at hand, the question of “Is that light the coming Day of Wrath, blazing like an oven – or is it the Sun of Justice, with its healing rays?” Read More

Prominent LGBTQ+ Historian John D’Emilio Publishes Memoir on Catholic Upbringing

November 12, 2022/2 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Personal Stories /by Angela Howard-McParland

A prominent queer historian has recently published a new memoir entitled Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood: Coming of Age in the Sixties, combining his journey of coming out and LGBTQ+ activism with his Catholic upbringing. Read More

Candidates for USCCB Presidency Include Mostly LGBTQ-Negative U.S. Bishops

November 11, 2022/8 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops begins its fall meeting today, at which a new conference president and vice-president will be elected. The candidates include some of the most conservative bishops in the U.S. Today's post includes brief description of the candidates' records on LGBTQ+ issues where possible. Read More

U.S. Bishops’ Conference Elects President With Anti-LGBTQ Record

Catholic Cemetery Apologizes for Removing Gay Couple’s Wedding Date from Headstone

Denver Catholics Condemn Damage Done by Archdiocese’s LGBTQ-Negative Policies

Is Light for LGBTQ+ Catholics Coming from the Day of Wrath or the Sun of Justice?

Prominent LGBTQ+ Historian John D’Emilio Publishes Memoir on Catholic Upbringing

Candidates for USCCB Presidency Include Mostly LGBTQ-Negative U.S. Bishops

Denver Archdiocese’s Gender Policy Bans Transgender Students from Catholic Schools

Bishop Rebukes Priest Who Criticized “Lunatic Approach to Transgenderism” in Homily

Alumni: “Worst Treatment” for Being LGBTQ+ Was at St. Thomas More Catholic School

Jesuit Universities Host Drag Show, Celebrate Queer History, and More

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