Pax Christi USA Archives - New Ways Ministry

After Colorado Shooting, Bishops’ Responses Muted, Other Catholic Leaders Speak Out

November 23, 2022/5 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholics are reacting to the mass shooting at a Colorado LGBTQ+ nightclub last weekend. While bishops' statements have been more tepid, many other Catholic leaders offered strong statements of solidarity with the victims and the LGBTQ+ community. Read More

Bishop Stowe Questions Catholics Who Will “Bless Armaments But Not Some Couples”

August 12, 2022/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

At celebrations of Pax Christi USA's 50th anniversary last weekend, LGBTQ+ inclusion was on the agenda, including in Bishop John Stowe's homily where he alluded to a church that will "bless armaments but not some couples." Read More

Fr. Bryan Massingale Calls for LGBTQ Inclusion in the Fight Against White Nationalism

August 9, 2021/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Last month, Pax Christi USA, the national Catholic peace movement, awarded its "Teacher of Peace" designation to Fr. Bryan Massingale, who had a message for Catholics about LGBTQ inclusion. Read More

Take Steps Toward Intersectional Justice for Martin Luther King Day

January 18, 2021/1 Comment/in Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

It isn't ever easy to acknowledge how privilege operates to the benefit of some and to the painful detriment of others. This is especially true, I think, for people who consider themselves progressive on social issues. Read More

Catholics Continue to Welcome Supreme Court’s Ruling on LGBTQ Employment Protections

June 23, 2020/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Catholics have continued to welcome the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week that endorses non-discrimination... Read More

NEWS NOTES: Pax Christi Group Forms LGBT Ministry; John Gehring Appeals for Civility; and More

April 28, 2019/0 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post features stories on a local chapter of Pax Christi USA that started an LGBT group, the way Polish politicians with close ties to the Church are attacking LGBT rights, and more. Read More

NEWS NOTES: Pax Christi USA Appoints LGBT-Friendly Bishop as President; Hong Kong Bishop Cancels LGBT Mass; and More

February 24, 2018/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Bishop John Stowe of Lexington has been named the bishop-president of Pax Christi USA, according to the National Catholic Reporter. Bishop Stowe has an LGBT-positive record. . . Read More

CATHOLIC LGBT HISTORY: Responding to the Murder of Matthew Shepard

December 27, 2017/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The United States and the world were stunned and horrified 19 years ago when the battered and tortured body of gay Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was found tied to a prairie fence outside Laramie. Read More

This Advent, Practice Radical Hospitality with Pax Christi USA

November 19, 2017/2 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights, Scriptural Reflections /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Today's post features Pax Christi USA's Advent/Christmas 2017 reflection booklet, The Work of God's Hands, co-written by Bondings 2.0's Associate Editor Robert Shine. Read More