News and Views
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.
Cardinal Grech in Ireland talks LGBT issues, the synod and the Vatican’s same-sex blessings doc
News America Magazine / April 22, 2024Catholic priest resigns from Michigan church following protests over his criticism of a gay author
News Associated Press / April 20, 2024James F. Keenan, S.J.: “Dignitas Infinita” falters when it doesn’t practice what it preaches
Views James F. Keenan, S.J. / April 19, 2024The 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, 2024The 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, 2024The document deserves thoughtful, informed response from the theological community, the scholarly community and those with firsthand experience of these matters.
