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Faculty and Students at St. Norbert’s College Protest New Anti-Transgender Policy

Students and faculty at St. Norbert’s College, De Pere, are pushing back on their school’s recent policy change to recognize only two male and female sex categories. Read More

U.S. Theology Conferences This June Mark Turning Point on LGBTQ+ Issues—Here’s Why.

This year, the presence at theological conferences of prominent, out LGBTQ+ theologians and of scholars discussing LGBTQ+ issues in theology felt like a turning point, both for the societies themselves and for the future of Catholic theology in this country. Read More

“Mysterium liberationis queer”: Multiplying Theological Horizons

An exciting new volume published this spring examines queer theology in continuity with traditions of liberation theology in the Americas, titled "Mysterium liberationis queer: Ensayos sobre teologías queer de la liberación en las Américas" Read More

Reconciling Radically Inclusive Friendship in the Upper Room

A meditation on the Upper Room before Pentecost teaches us in the LGBTQ+ community that the message we preach is not always so easy to practice. Read More

German Theologians Seek Pro-LGBTQ+ Revisions to Vatican Licensing Process

Theologians in Germany have called revisions to the process by which teaching licenses are granted, prompted in part by an LGBTQ-related dispute and a desire to end sexuality-based discrimination. Read More

You’re Invited! The Challenge of “Fiducia Supplicans”

Join New Ways Ministry for a webinar on the complex reception of Fiducia Supplicans where three panelists will offer their perspectives and insights. Read More

Mary, Mother of God, Is “Gender-Bending, Queer Prophetess,” Writes Catholic Scholar

Mary, the mother of God, is a "gender-bending, queer prophetess who defied the gender conventions of her time," writes one LGBTQ+ Catholic in an essay examining how Mary helped the author experience queer joy. Read More

Fr. Dan Horan: “Fiducia Supplicans” Is Small, Important Step to LGBTQ+ Visibility

For Franciscan Fr. Daniel Horan, Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican’s declaration allowing blessings for of same-gender couples, is a small, but important step towards LGBTQ+ visibility in the church. Read More

“God Doesn’t Want You to Be Miserable.”

What does it mean to have an obligation or purpose to preach the good news? Are we under the same obligation that Paul and Jesus were? Read More

Catholic Schools Week: Paving a Queer Way Forward for Ministerial Work

Already, each of us paved our own separate ways through exclusionary sentiments and doctrine in the Church to get to that room.  Read More