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French Archbishop Will Bless Same-Gender Couples; More Positive Responses

December 28, 2023/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post highlights positive responses from around the world to the Vatican's declaration allowing blessings for same-gender couples. Read More

Singapore Cardinal Announces Neutrality on Anti-LGBTQ+ Criminalization Law Repeal

August 26, 2022/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty /by Sarah Cassidy

Singapore's archbishop has announced he is neutral on the revocation of a law criminalizing homosexuality, doing so just a few months after he declared his opposition to the repeal and while continuing to oppose marriage equality. Read More

Singapore’s Cardinal-Designate Seeks LGBTQ Welcome; And More News

July 25, 2022/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post includes news about cardinal-designate who leads the Archdiocese of Singapore made positive comments about including LGBTQ people in the church's welcome and other items. Read More

In Singapore, Kosovo, and U.S.: Catholic Leaders Voice Opposition to Pro-LGBTQ Laws

March 9, 2022/3 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Even in a moment when some church leaders express a new openness to LGBTQ equality, many Catholics continue to oppose legislation that would grant LGBTQ equal rights. Today's post features three examples of this opposition. Read More

NEWS NOTES: Bishops Recognize TDOR; Catholics Join Anti-Criminalization Work; and More

November 23, 2018/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post features short news notes including the English bishops' support for Transgender Day of Remembrance, Catholic leaders involvement in anti-criminalization efforts, a petition supporting fired church worker Keith Kozak, and more. Read More

Archbishop: Decriminalizing Homosexuality Would Cause “Dreadful Consequences”

September 25, 2018/5 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Singapore's archbishop has released a pastoral letter strongly opposing the repeal of a law in that nation which criminalizes homosexuality, claiming at one point that such an action would have "long-term and irreversible" consequences which are "dreadful." Read More