The bishops' argument reduces a person’s health and flourishing to physiological function, ignoring the deep connections between mental, physical, and spiritual well-being, Read More
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“Regardless of the complexity of situations and our world, the centrality of the person and their dignity should be normative for all Christians." Read More
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An upcoming Supreme Court case finds Catholics arguing on both sides of a case about a law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ people. Read More
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It is frustrating that the USCCB seems more concerned with championing policies that flow from their tenuous views than protecting trans people from the much more obvious and incontrovertible harms those policies cause. Read More
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Twenty-eight Catholic health networks were among a list of hospitals alleged to have provided gender-affirming care in the past few years. The list was created by an anti-LGBTQ group whose work has already been cited by three bishops as the U.S. hierarchy is discussing new guidelines for Catholic healthcare. Read More
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has voiced opposition to recent regulations proposed by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that mandate non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation, among other factors. Read More
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With notable speed, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops agreed at the fall assembly to act on the Vatican's transgender-negative declaration Dignitas Infinita. Elections at the assembly may, however, signal a shift toward Pope Francis happening in the conference. Read More
What do LGBTQ+ Catholics and allies think about the U.S. bishops’ conference new website defending marriage as an exclusively heterosexual institution? Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/love_means_more_article_photo.png?fit=1000%2C600&ssl=16001000Robert Shine, Managing Editorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngRobert Shine, Managing Editor2024-07-22 01:00:052024-07-18 16:10:54U.S. Bishops’ New Sexuality Website Fails to Account for LGBTQ+ Perspectives, Advocates Say
But what if the bishops are off-target? What if the issue is not about an erroneous understanding of the Real Presence but about church leaders' actions to exclude LGBTQ+ people? Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/0628eucharist.jpg?fit=2400%2C1350&ssl=113502400Robert Shine, Managing Editorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngRobert Shine, Managing Editor2024-07-18 01:00:172024-07-17 20:24:47What Would a Eucharistic Revival Actually Be for LGBTQ+ Catholics and Allies?
The U.S. bishops' spring meeting is generally not a newsmaker, and indeed, has sometimes just been a private retreat. But the plenary this June was quite different, and far more controversial, for several LGBTQ-related reasons. Today's post provides updates on some of the speeches and votes relevant to gender and sexuality issues. Read More
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