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Top Cardinal Responds to Global Bishops’ Swift Criticism of Blessings Declaration

In Pope Francis' nearly-eleven year tenure, perhaps nothing he has done has prompted so many responses in such a short time as approving blessings for same-gender couples. Within a day or two of the Vatican declaration on blessings, titled Fiducia Supplicans, being released, dozens, if not hundreds, of church leaders and other Catholics spoke out—and strongly. Read More

Malawi’s Bishops Organize Protests Against Court’s Possible Legalization of Homosexuality

Catholic leaders in Malawi organized and led an interfaith protest against LGBTQ+ rights as the nation's criminalization laws currently face a court challenge, while bishops in Cote d'Ivoire decried the country's more permissive laws on LGBTQ+ rights. Read More

Malawi Bishops Lead March Against LGBT Rights

Catholic bishops in Malawi joined other religious leaders last month in a protest march against LGBT rights,... Read More

Jail LGBT People, Say Malawi’s Bishops in New Pastoral Letter on Mercy

In a new pastoral letter, Malawi’s bishops have encouraged Catholics to advocate for the arrest and imprisonment of... Read More

Malawi Bishops’ Comments Fail to Defend Marginalized LGBT People

As Malawi debates whether to repeal its laws which criminalize homosexuality, the nation’s Catholic bishops are... Read More

Malawi Bishops' Anti-Gay Remarks Raise Human Rights Issues

LGBT communities in a number of African nations face some of the world’s most oppressive... Read More

African Bishops' Meetings Reveal Underlying Assumptions About LGBT Issues

Two recent meetings of bishops’ conferences in Africa reveal some interesting insights about the way that... Read More

Anti-LGBT Remarks in Malawi and Cameroon a Warning Sign as Conclave Approaches

As speculation about a possible African pope continues in Rome, news from Malawi and Cameroon... Read More