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Five things every Catholic parent should know if their child comes out

Views Karen Kaffenberger / May 14, 2024

Maintain the relationship with your children. Stay connected.

This Mother’s Day, let us mirror to LGBTQ people the love of Mary

Views David Palmieri / May 11, 2024

When I travel to Rome next month, I will offer a private prayer at the Pietà for Holy Mother Church and all mothers of LGBTQ children

I’m a Catholic priest. When I came out as gay, my parishioners applauded.

Views Rev. Aidan McAleenan / May 9, 2024

I saw how my announcement had actually increased the bond between the parish and myself. And it allowed us all to be more welcoming.

As a young gay Catholic, I equated sexuality with sin. Then I learned to let go.

Views Seandor Szeles / May 1, 2024

I 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.

LGBTQ people have always been part of Indigenous cultures and Pacific Island traditions.

Views Louisa Wall / April 28, 2024

Despite 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, 2024

Conference 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.

In “Dignitas Infinita,” the Vatican quarrels with a theory of its own making

Views Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M. / April 23, 2024

The 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.

James F. Keenan, S.J.: “Dignitas Infinita” falters when it doesn’t practice what it preaches

Views James F. Keenan, S.J. / April 19, 2024

The authors of gender theory are as anonymous as the transgender community. Neither are mentioned.

Papal biographer: Vatican is right on gender theory, but the church must walk with transgender people

Views Austen Ivereigh / April 18, 2024

The Vatican needs far more engagement with the experience of transgender people and the issues surrounding dysphoria if it is to be credible in communicating that message.

“Dignitas Infinita” asks the church to consider the experiences of transgender people

Views Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M. / April 16, 2024

The document deserves thoughtful, informed response from the theological community, the scholarly community and those with firsthand experience of these matters.