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LGBTQ+ Couples Are Not Only to Be Blessed: They Are Blessings to the Church

March 25, 2024/0 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Same-Gender Blessings, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The debate over Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican's declaration allowing blessings for couples in situations deemed "irregular"y by church leaders, has prompted once LGBTQ+ Catholic to reflect on not only same-gender love, but all forms of love not fully embraced by the church. Read More

As We Enter Advent, Recalling How We Are Knit in the Womb

November 28, 2021/5 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by M. Hakes

What keeps us from hearing God’s words through the prophet Isaiah when he writes, “I have called you by name, you are mine, you are precious to me and I love you”? Read More

Jamie Manson: Lesbian Couple’s Love on Netflix Is “Sacramental in Every Sense”

May 19, 2020/2 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Uncategorized /by Guest Contributor

National Catholic Reporter columnist Jamie Manson reflected on the tension between the timing of "A Secret Love," the Netflix documentary that affirms queer partnerships, and the Catholic Church's exclusion of queer people in the workplace and in marriage. Read More

Two Plays Tackle Complexities of LGBTQ People’s Lives and Relationships

January 10, 2020/0 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Marriage & Family, Schools & Youth /by Melissa Feito

Two plays running in the U.S., "Bare" and "The Inheritance", are bringing LGBTQ stories to the stage. Read More

Gay Couples’ Love is “Like the Love of Friends,” Says Australian Bishop

October 13, 2017/8 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

An Australian bishop has said same-gender couples' love is "like the love of friends" and compared their relationships to incestual relationship, all while weighing in as the nation's postal survey on marriage equality that continues through early November. . . Read More

LGBTQ+ Couples Are Not Only to Be Blessed: They Are Blessings to the Church

As We Enter Advent, Recalling How We Are Knit in the Womb

Jamie Manson: Lesbian Couple’s Love on Netflix Is “Sacramental in Every Sense”

Two Plays Tackle Complexities of LGBTQ People’s Lives and Relationships

Gay Couples’ Love is “Like the Love of Friends,” Says Australian Bishop

Catholic Parents’ Story Reveals the Love, Struggles of Having Transgender Child

Why Being in Love Leads Us to Seek Justice and Equality

Can LGBT Issues Be Included at San Diego’s Diocesan Synod?

Pope Francis Preaches for ‘Open Doors’ to Welcome All

Bishop Gumbleton Preaches on Christ’s Radical Welcome for All

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