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From “A” to “D-“: How Catholic LGBTQ+ Leaders Grade Pope Francis At Ten Years, Part II

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Today’s post, the second of two parts, features responses from leading LGBTQ+ Catholics, theologians, pastoral ministers, and reform advocates about how the first ten years of Pope Francis' tenure has gone. Read More

Across U.S., Catholic Educators Criticize Wave of Diocesan Anti-Transgender Policies

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Catholic educators are saving lives as they build communities of welcome for LGBTQ+ students despite some dioceses' attempts to enact transgender-exclusionary policies.  Read More

Escaping the Cruelty of the Flock: Rethinking the Parable of the Lost Sheep

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LGBTQ+ people have so much to give our Church if only we would receive you as the precious people of God that you are. Read More

Transgender Catholics’ Pains and Joys Highlighted in New Profile

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For transgender Catholics, the church is often a source of both deep pain and profound joy, according to an Associated Press profile of several transgender Catholics in the United States. Read More

New Video and New Podcast Detail LGBTQ Ministries of Catholic Nuns; And More News

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Today's post features stories of how two nuns minister to the LGBTQ community, as well as other news. Read More

Nun Tells Catholic Hospitals: “Transgender Persons Are the Body of Christ, Too”

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"Transgender persons are the body of Christ too," wrote Sr. Luisa Derouen, OP, a member of the Dominican Sisters of Peace, in a recent column in which she called for Catholic hospitals to provide more equitable healthcare. Read More

Catholics Criticize New Archdiocesan Guidelines Against Gender Transition

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Catholics and LGBTQ advocates have negatively appraised a new document from the Archdiocese of St. Louis that issues restrictive guidelines on how the church is to engage transgender people. Read More

Transgender Advocate Sr. Luisa Derouen Criticizes Bishop Paprocki’s New Gender Policy

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Sr. Luisa Derouen, a member of the Dominican Sisters of Peace and long time spiritual companion to transgender people, has published an essay reacting to Bishop Thomas Paprocki’s controversial, transphobic policy published in January. Read More

Responding to Vatican’s Gender Document, Catholics Urge Church Leaders to Really Listen

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A Catholic sister who has worked with transgender people for two decades shared her thoughts on the Vatican's gender document released last month, one of many reactions about the controversial text still being published. Read More

Holy Cross Officials Rebuke Bishop’s Anti-Transgender Comments as “Offensive”

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Top officials at the College of the Holy Cross have rebuked a local bishop's comments disparaging transgender people, saying the bishop was "deeply hurtful and offensive." Read More