Pew Research Center Archives - New Ways Ministry

Fr. Dan Horan: Church Leaders’ LGBTQ+ “Pastoral Malpractice” Key to Church’s Decline

October 21, 2022/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Angela Howard-McParland

In the National Catholic Reporter, Fr. Daniel Horan, OFM examines this decline and suggests that in the Catholic Church, anti-LGBTQ+ policies and statements from dioceses and institutions continue to drive more people further away. Read More

New Report: Majorities of Black Catholics Affirm Gay People and Same-Gender Marriages

March 18, 2022/1 Comment/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Statistics /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A new report highlights that majorities of Black Catholics in the U.S. support the societal of acceptance of homosexuality and clergy performing same-gender weddings. Read More

Are Latino Catholics Leaving Catholicism Because of Anti-LGBT Messages?

June 12, 2014/4 Comments/in Statistics /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

We’ve often commented on this blog about how negative sentiments expressed by Church leaders toward LGBT... Read More

Are Catholic Nations Friendlier for LGBT People?

May 9, 2014/2 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights, Statistics /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Is it possible that religious, and specifically Catholic, nations are more LGBT-friendly than others? Data from... Read More

Surveys Continue to Show Catholic Support for LGBT Equality

July 28, 2013/9 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Statistics /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Some recent polls have come up with interesting developments about Catholics and LGBT issues. The... Read More

How Did Catholics Fare in Pew Survey on LGBT People and Religion?

June 19, 2013/6 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Statistics /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The Pew Research Center released a report last week about a survey they conducted of... Read More

Survey Shows Catholic Nations Strongly Support LGBT People

June 8, 2013/8 Comments/in Statistics /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

In the United States, the general population has been growing accustomed to realizing that Catholics... Read More

Two Catholics: One Inside and One Outside the Church

October 4, 2012/3 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Two stories came across my computer screen this week, both first person accounts by Catholics,... Read More

Pew Poll Confirms What We Know: Catholics Support Marriage and Adoption Equality

August 6, 2012/7 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Last week, a new poll from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public... Read More

Should Catholic Dioceses Lose Their Tax Exempt Status Because of Political Involvement?

July 24, 2012/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

A law professor at Duquesne University, a Catholic campus in Pittsburgh, is arguing that certain... Read More

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