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In Singapore, Kosovo, and U.S.: Catholic Leaders Voice Opposition to Pro-LGBTQ Laws

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Even in a moment when some church leaders express a new openness to LGBTQ equality, many Catholics continue to oppose legislation that would grant LGBTQ equal rights. Today's post features three examples of this opposition. Read More

Bishops Help Sink Pro-Transgender Policy Proposal at University of North Dakota

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The bishops of North Dakota have successfully helped end a policy proposal at one of the state's main university that would have expanded transgender protections.  Read More

Fr. James Keenan: ‘Is the Church At All Interested in Listening to Transgender People?’

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Twenty-two years ago, Fr. James Keenan, SJ,  received a call from a psychotherapist who worked with transgender clients, some of whom were Catholic and asking to talk with a priest. Read More

Faith in Queer Futures

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Let’s dream, as Moses did, of that reality we may never see, but that will exist for our children, and our children’s children... Read More

Sydney Archdiocese Complains About Police Social Media Post Featuring Drag Performers

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The drag artists known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who parody nun attire, recently sparked Catholic officials’ outrage in Sydney, Australia.  Read More

Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade Organizers Again Deny Access to LGBTQ Marchers

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St. Patrick’s Day is approaching and cities nationwide are planning parades to celebrate the Irish holiday. In Staten Island, New York, the organizers of a local parade remain unwilling to include LGBTQ people who want to march with rainbow pride. Read More

“Amoris Laetitia”: Church Thinking Needs to Move from the Abstract to the Particular

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How do these forms of LGBTQ erasure and dehumanization come to exist in a teaching document written within the last five years? Read More

On Ash Wednesday, A Call to Fasting In New Ways

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What are you giving up for Lent? Here's some suggestions. Read More

Asian Church Must Take LGBTQ Issues Seriously in Synodal Process

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The local phase of the Synod on Synodality is well underway in dioceses worldwide, and LGBTQ issues are part of those discussions in many places. One columnist is exhorting church leaders in Asia to take such issues seriously, including the question of same-gender unions.  Read More

Vatican Official to Give New Ways Ministry Lecture on Synodality & Reconciliation

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New Ways Ministry is pleased to announce that Sr. Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ, Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, will be delivering the 2022 Father Robert Nugent Memorial Lecture. Read More