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Celebrate Pride with a Queer Reading of Genesis’ Creation Stories

June 24, 2022/2 Comments/in Theology & Church Teaching /by Elise Dubravec

How are the creation stories in the Book of Genesis queer? To celebrate Pride Month, a theologian offers a biblical interpretation that challenges the dominant readings of God’s creation. Read More

Leading Theology Society Calls on U.S. Bishops to Reconsider Its Anti-LGBTQ+ Efforts

June 16, 2022/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Higher Education, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A leading organization for Catholic theologians has approved a resolution affirming its support for LGBTQ+ people and calling on church leaders to roll back their efforts against equality. Read More

Rosemary Radford Ruether’s Legacy for LGBTQ Catholics

May 27, 2022/2 Comments/in Theology & Church Teaching /by Barbara Anne Kozee

By claiming her Catholic identity, Ruether did something important for LGBTQ and marginal Catholics: she gave us a distinctly Catholic tradition in which to situate ourselves and our theologies that challenge the center. Read More

Fr. Dan Horan: Church Will Be Judged for “Reprehensible” Mistreatment of LGBTQ People

April 4, 2022/3 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Regardless of what some Catholics insist, church teaching does in fact change. And history will not be kind to the church about its treatment of LGBTQ people once teachings on gender and sexuality do change, writes Franciscan Fr. Dan Horan. Read More

Fr. James Keenan: ‘Is the Church At All Interested in Listening to Transgender People?’

March 7, 2022/7 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Personal Stories, Theology & Church Teaching /by Angela Howard-McParland

Twenty-two years ago, Fr. James Keenan, SJ, received a call from a psychotherapist who worked with transgender clients, some of whom were Catholic and asking to talk with a priest. Read More

Faith in Queer Futures

March 6, 2022/3 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

Let’s dream, as Moses did, of that reality we may never see, but that will exist for our children, and our children’s children... Read More

Leading Cardinal in Synod Seeks Change in Church Teachings on Homosexuality

February 4, 2022/1 Comment/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

One of the Europe's top bishops has said the church must reassess its teaching on homosexuality while offering support for LGBTQ church workers. Read More

Amoris Laetitia: A Beta Test for Synodality

October 19, 2021/2 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Brian Flanagan

I see four lessons from AL that can prepare LGBTQ Catholics for the coming worldwide synodal process. Read More

Queerness Is Integral to Catholic Discussions of Family and Amoris Laetitia

October 4, 2021/1 Comment/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Barbara Anne Kozee

Queerness needs to be urgently centered and made visible as we listen and learn from the body of Christ. Read More

Theologian Criticizes U.S. Bishops’ Theology of Scandal In Light of LGBTQ Adoption Case

October 2, 2021/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Elise Dubravec

The hierarchy’s understanding of “scandal” helps them to justify anti-LGBTQ discrimination, a position with which Dr. Craig Ford disagrees and then turns the table on scandal. Read More

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