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What Gifts Could Church Gain By Welcoming Transgender Catholics, Asks Writer

November 18, 2023/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In the National Catholic Reporter, transgender Catholic Maxwell Kuzma has written about what positive impact the Vatican's greater welcome to gender-expansive people could have. Read More

What Does Boris Johnson’s Latest Wedding Have to Do With LGBTQ Catholics?

June 8, 2021/2 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

What does Boris Johnson's latest marriage have to do with LGBTQ Catholics? A bit more than appears at first glance, wrote one journalist and educator. Read More

My Gay, Catholic Wedding (And Other Times I Recognize Myself in the Bible)

October 11, 2020/6 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Personal Stories /by Allison Connelly-Vetter

We knew that getting married as two gay, Catholic women in the deeply red state of South Dakota, especially when we were determined to have a Catholic liturgy, would be complicated. That is why, despite vastly different contexts, I see myself in today’s parable when it comes to my gay, Catholic wedding during COVID-19. Read More