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Outreach Original Alex Gick / April 17, 2025

I am gay and autistic. What does that mean for my Catholic faith?

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., upset some advocates for people with autism with recent comments about limitations facing some people with autism. From our archives: Alex Glick reflects on being gay, autistic and Catholic.

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The Rev. Michael Trail / April 15, 2025

LGBTQ Catholics, you are welcome at Holy Week liturgies

Holy Week is a sacred drama in which we are called to enter with our whole selves—our stories, wounds, hopes and identities.

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Harry Rose / April 14, 2025

What an LGBTQ Jewish poet teaches me about Holy Saturday 

Harry Rose reflects on the work of the queer Jewish poet, Muriel Rukeyser, and her impact on Rose’s life of faith.

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Michael J. O’Loughlin / April 11, 2025

Gay Venezuelan asylum-seeker deported to notorious prison over Catholic tattoos

Friends and family of Andry José Hernández Romero say he was deported because he was wrongfully identified as a gang member due to Catholic tattoos.

The Outreach Guide to the Bible and Homosexuality

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Homosexuality in the Early Modern Goa: Carmelite & Protestant Perspectives

Scholarly Work John Marshal

As published in the National Council of Churches in India’s NCC Review, this article shows that the Carmelites and the Protestants (non-Portuguese westerners) as well as the homosexuals were persecuted as a way of enforcing the ecclesial, doctrinal and the moral authority respectively of the Padroado Portuguese in early modern Goa, India.

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Eine Bruecke Bauen

Book German James Martin, S.J.

Building a Bridge in German.

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Academic Statement on the Ethics of Free and Faithful Same-Sex Relationships

Scholarly Work Chinese Dutch Filipino French German Italian Polish Portuguese Slovenian Spanish Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research

The Statement has been endorsed by more than 60 Catholic scholars and is currently available in 10 languages. Links to the full report, “Christian Objections to Same Sex Relationships: An Academic Assessment.”