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“Fiducia Supplicans” Is a Challenge—That Offers Great Hope and Opportunity

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Three Catholic leaders sense great hope and opportunity for LGBTQ+ people, as well as for the wider church, in the Vatican’s December 2023 declaration which allowed for blessings of same-gender couples. Read More

Catholics in Virginia, Ohio Leading Drives to Ban LGBTQ+ Books in Public Libraries

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In at least three places in the United States, conservative Catholics are involved in campaigns to remove books with LGBTQ+ characters from public libraries. Read More

Catholic Parents Sue for Right to Mistreat Transgender Child Based on Religious Belief

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Once again, Catholics are central in U.S. court cases which could be detrimental to LGBTQ+ people and their rights. Two parents have appealed to the country's Supreme Court to defend what they claim is a right to misgender their transgender child. Read More

Could Pope’s LGBTQ+ Welcome Have Helped Catholic Mother Accept Her Gay Son?

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While much of the commentary about Fiducia Supplicans has been from church leaders, theologians, and pastoral ministers, there have been fewer stories from ordinary people about what the declaration means to them. The New York Times carried one of these stories, which speaks the impact blessings could have not just for couples, but for LGBTQ+ acceptance in families more broadly. Read More

“Fiducia Supplicans” Is Beginning, Not End of Church Dialogue, Say Theologians

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Today's post features insights from theologians collected over the preceding weeks about "Fiducia Supplicans." Read More

Nex Benedict and All Trans*figured Children of God, Pray for Us!

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What do we see when confronted with contemporary, sacred, trans*figured, embodied persons? How do we take the initiative in learning more about trans* identities? Read More

U.S. Catholic Includes Transgender Woman’s Voice in Gender Equity Article

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A Catholic publication has included a transgender woman and other LGBTQ+ advocates in an essay about whether church leaders are actually attentive to issues of gender, in the Synod on Synodality and otherwise.  Read More

Catholic Mother of Queer Child Finds Hope in Maryknoll Priest’s Inclusive Work

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The Catholic mother of an LGBTQ+ child has written about a missionary priest who has given her hope for a truly inclusive church. Read More

Korean Priest Blesses LGBTQ+ Couple, While More Bishops Issue Condemnations

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More than two months after Fiducia Supplicans was released, the debate over blessings persists—in some cases, pastoral workers are taking it to heart and offering blessings. In other cases, bishops are continuing their resistance. Today's post includes those news stories and other commentaries on the topic. Read More

German Theologians Seek Pro-LGBTQ+ Revisions to Vatican Licensing Process

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Theologians in Germany have called revisions to the process by which teaching licenses are granted, prompted in part by an LGBTQ-related dispute and a desire to end sexuality-based discrimination. Read More