News and Views
As a young gay Catholic, I equated sexuality with sin. Then I learned to let go.
Views Seandor Szeles / May 1, 2024I held myself above the other boys, who were so beholden to their bodies, and somehow expected my flesh to be above the confusion of adolescence.
Pope Provides Sr. Jeannine a Clarification of “Dignitas Infinita”
News New Ways Ministry / May 1, 2024Pope responds with ‘open heart’ to LGBTQ parents criticizing controversial Vatican document
News National Catholic Reporter / April 30, 2024Passage of harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law in Iraq draws diplomatic backlash
News Associated Press / April 29, 2024LGBTQ people have always been part of Indigenous cultures and Pacific Island traditions.
Views Louisa Wall / April 28, 2024Despite historical acceptance in many cultures, sexually diverse Indigenous peoples continue to face multiple layers of discrimination and marginalization.
Mass for LGBTQ Catholics met with protesters in St. Louis
NewsViews Michael J. O’Loughlin / April 26, 2024Conference organizers say that they still do not know who was responsible for the protest inside the church. A liturgical minister discovered that the group had left incendiary pamphlets in the pews.
Catholic students, theologians, ministers write an open letter to Pope Francis
News National Catholic Reporter / April 26, 2024In “Dignitas Infinita,” the Vatican quarrels with a theory of its own making
Views Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M. / April 23, 2024The Vatican, at least in the case of “Dignitas Infinita,” is much more comfortable working with deductive reasoning that begins with abstractions of its own creation.