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Former Gay Seminarian and Experts Detail Harms of Legal Conversion Therapy in Italy

August 30, 2024/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Healthcare, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Sarah Cassidy

In Italy, conversion therapy is still employed today, creating unsafe and traumatizing experiences for many LGBTQ+ individuals—and much of its persistence is due to Catholic culture in the nation. Read More

Excerpts from “Male and Female He Created Them,” the Vatican’s Latest Document on Gender

June 11, 2019/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education released a document on gender yesterday titled "Male and Female He Created Them." Today's post features excerpts from the document highlighting key LGBTQ-related themes. Read More

In Chicago, a Renewed Alumni Effort to Seek Justice for Fired Gay Church Worker

May 8, 2019/1 Comment/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Alumni of a Catholic high school which fired a gay teacher two years ago have begun renewed efforts for justice after that teacher released a new essay about his experiences last month. Read More

Church Officials in Germany Seemingly Defy Vatican, Will Accept Gay Men to Seminaries

February 1, 2019/5 Comments/in Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In seeming defiance of a Vatican ban on gay men in the priesthood, German dioceses have announced they will accept candidates with homosexual orientations assuming these men remain celibate. Read More

Reviewers Highlight Lessons for Catholics in New Conversion Therapy Film, “Boy Erased”

December 5, 2018/7 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

"Boy Erased" about a teen's experience with ex-gay conversion therapy is "one of the most important films you will see this year," wrote one reviewer who was not the only person reflecting on the film's connections to Catholic theology. Read More