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Vote Now: Give Pope Francis a Grade on LGBTQ+ Issues

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We are asking that you simply answer one question on our response form:  What kind of grade would you give Pope Francis on LGBTQ+ topics? Read More

French Archbishop: Pope Francis Is on the Side of LGB People and Their Families

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Archbishop Hervé Giraud of Sens-Auxerre in France has offered an appraisal of Francis' approach to homosexuality. Read More

Jesuit Says Politicians Use Anti-LGBTQ+ Criminalization to Distract from Real Problems

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A Catholic priest has criticized certain political leaders in Africa for using the criminalization of homosexuality as a diversion from addressing real problems. Read More

Top Bishop Reiterates Need to End Anti-LGBTQ+ Criminalization in Guyana

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Pope Francis’ recent call to end the criminalization of LGBTQ+ people has been echoed by Guyana’s most senior cleric. Read More

Cardinal McElroy Calls Anti-LGBTQ+ Spirit a “Demonic Mystery” in Call for Inclusion

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The church needs to embark on a journey of radical inclusion, wrote a top U.S. church leader in a new essay that suggests the "profound and visceral animus" towards LGBTQ+ people in the church is a "demonic mystery of the human soul." Read More

We Are Called to Joyfully—And Inclusively—Perfect the Law

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Let us rejoice in the movement of the Holy Spirit through Pope Francis, but let’s also remember that it is the Holy Spirit — not the pope or any other leader— who is moving this Church and the entire world in a more loving, inclusive, and welcoming direction for LGBTQ people. Read More

What Lasting Impact Will Pope Francis’ Condemnation of Criminalization Laws Have?

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Pope Francis has made headlines twice in as many weeks over his public denouncement of laws that criminalize LGBTQ+ people, including at the end of an apostolic visit to two African nations. But what impact will the pope's insistence that "being homosexual is not a crime" have in regions with criminalization laws and in the wider church? Read More

Pope Francis Describes Criminalizing LGBTQ+ People as a “Sin” and “Injustice”

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Pope Francis has re-affirmed in clear terms his recent denouncement of laws that criminalize being LGBTQ+, joined this time by leaders of two other Christian denominations. Read More

African LGBTQ+ Advocates Welcome Pope Francis’ Message on Decriminalization

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"We think it will change the perception of all the religious people in our countries who think that when you are homosexual, you are to be slaughtered, to be dehumanised, you are devils." Read More

Church Teaching on Homosexuality Has “Shaky Foundations,” Says Leading Catholic Journal

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"It is problematic – if not contradictory – to stand up for the dignity of a gay person of either sex while deploring what it is about them that defines them as gay, namely their desire for intimate personal relationships with others of the same sex." Read More