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Global Advocates Welcome German LGBTQ+ Reforms, While Vatican Reiterates Concern

March 17, 2023/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

LGBTQ+ advocates worldwide have welcomed the German church's recent decisions to bless same-gender couples and to advance transgender inclusion in the church. Meanwhile, a top Vatican official reiterated his concerns about the process. Read More

Baltimore Archdiocese Cancels Trans Workshop Fearing Protests; And More News

March 4, 2023/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The Archdiocese of Baltimore cancelled a planned transgender workshop after protestors threatened to disrupt it. Today's post includes this story and other Catholic LGBTQ+ news. Read More

Ugandan Bishop Uses Ash Wednesday Liturgy to Condemn Homosexuality

February 25, 2023/4 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A Ugandan bishop used a liturgy for Ash Wednesday to condemn homosexuality, coming just weeks after Pope Francis' denunciation of criminalization laws that remain in effect in that country. Read More

Catholic LGBTQ+ Advocates Welcome Pope Francis’ Denouncement of Criminalization Laws

January 31, 2023/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates largely have welcomed Pope Francis' denouncement of laws that criminalize being LGBTQ+. Today's post features a first set of these reactions. Read More

Advocates Reflect on Benedict XVI’s Largely Negative LGBTQ+ Impact

January 4, 2023/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

LGBTQ+ advocates have marked the death of Benedict XVI, the pope emeritus, with reflections about the impact he had—as a theologian and cardinal, as well as pope—on issues of gender and sexuality in the church. Read More

USCCB Secretary Claims Transgender Equality Is “Doing Great Damage to Society”

December 14, 2022/9 Comments/in Gender Identity, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A top U.S. archbishop gave a speech in which he suggested the devil was behind the LGBTQ+ movement, claiming in particular that "the trans movement is doing great damage to society." Read More

Catholic LGBTQ+ Advocates Respond Positively to Vatican’s New Synod Document

November 2, 2022/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates have responded positively to the Vatican's latest document on the Synod released last week, praising church officials for reflecting a real style of listening and humility in it. Read More

Across U.S., Catholic Educators Criticize Wave of Diocesan Anti-Transgender Policies

October 12, 2022/3 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Higher Education, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Bobby Nichols

Catholic educators are saving lives as they build communities of welcome for LGBTQ+ students despite some dioceses' attempts to enact transgender-exclusionary policies. Read More

DignityUSA’s 25th National Gathering Focuses on a “Church Transfigured”

July 11, 2022/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

DignityUSA held its 25th national gathering this past weekend, which focused on the organization's vision for a church transfigured and included an award for gay theologian Fr. Bryan Massingale. Read More

ROUNDTABLE: Has Church Made a “Decisive Shift” on LGBTQ Issues? — Part I

February 1, 2022/5 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Religious Liberty, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Bondings 2.0 asked ten leading voices in the LGBTQ Catholic world to respond to Christopher Lamb’s suggestion that the Catholic Church has made a decisive shift on LGBTQ issues. Today's post is Part I of their responses. Read More

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