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Bishop: Pastors Must Deny Funerals to Catholics in Same-Gender Marriages

An Illinois bishop has released guidelines about same-gender marriages that may greatly restrict participation in... Read More

Fired Gay Minister: “Archbishop has done us and all the church a great wrong.”

Barring LGBT Catholics from parish ministries is deeply wrong and personally wounding, wrote one gay... Read More

Catholics in India Help Found New School for Transgender Students

Catholic ministers in India recently formed a group to offer pastoral care for transgender people, reported ucanews.com,... Read More

“There Is No Place for Homophobia,” Pope Francis Told Gay Former Student

Pope Francis explicitly rejected homophobia in his pastoral ministry, according to the pope’s former student... Read More

Controversy at Irish Seminary Prompts Conversation on Gay Priests

By Bob Shine, New Ways Ministry, October 13, 2016 This summer’s controversy at Ireland’s national seminary... Read More

Catholic Church Had “No Choice” in Firing Gay Musician, Says Bishop

By Bob Shine, New Ways Ministry, October 6, 2016 A Catholic bishop in Rhode Island... Read More

Parish Welcomes Lesbian Couple Back to Music Ministry with Inclusive Mass

Catholics in Ireland welcomed a lesbian couple back to their parish after a right-wing parishioner pressured the... Read More

Gay Priest Already Fired from Job, Now Suspended from Ministry by Archdiocese

Fr. Warren Hall, an openly gay priest who was fired from Seton Hall University last year,... Read More

Gay Priests Have a Place in the Catholic Church, Says Irish Senator

An Irish legislator has affirmed a place for openly gay priests in the Catholic Church,... Read More

Catholics Recommit to Bridge Building after Orlando Tragedy

Many bridges still need building when it comes to LGBT people, their families, and the... Read More