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Outreach Original Jason Steidl Jack / July 16, 2025

Pope Leo XIV, solidarity and the LGBTQ community

Following Pope Francis, theologian Jason Steidl Jack expresses hope for Pope Leo XIV to continue devoted service to the poor, including the “LGBTQ poor.”

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Outreach Staff / July 11, 2025

Submit a panel proposal for Outreach 2026

Outreach 2026 will take place June 19-21, at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Gospel Reflection
James Martin, S.J. / July 11, 2025

Your salvation might depend upon the one you consider to be “other”

The Parable of the Good Samaritan is not only an invitation to be a Good Samaritan, and care for someone else, but also to be the beaten man and see in the “other” the locus of our eventual salvation.

Outreach Original
Michael J. O’Loughlin / July 8, 2025

Why did the Vatican’s doctrine chief recently weigh in on the 2023 same-sex blessings decree?

In response to a reporter who asked if Fiducia Supplicans would be shelved, Cardinal Victor Fernandez replied, “I don’t think so, the declaration will remain.”

The Outreach Guide to the Bible and Homosexuality

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Listen to the Stories: Gay and Lesbian Catholics Talk About Their Lives

Book Raymond Holtz

Autobiographical essays recouting queer Catholic experience.

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Abrazar un arcoíris : Acompañar como Iglesia a personas de diversidad sexual

Book Spanish Luis García Orso, SJ

Invitación a acoger a personas de diversidad sexual (LGBTQ).

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Il sesso degli angeli

Book Italian lacopo Scaramuzzi

Quando il cardinale Martini diceva che la Chiesa “è indietro di 200 anni”, non citava una cifra a caso: è per reazione al 1789, infatti, che il cattolicesimo ha congelato la propria morale sessuale. L’ultimo campo nel quale, perduto il potere politico, può ancora esercitare un’influenza determinante sulla società.