News and Views

Pope Francis is not rejecting transgender persons, but the idea that gender is fleeting. This subtle insight is essential.

Hell is a consequence for those who stubbornly persist in sin and reject God’s grace and mercy. So, no, LGBTQ persons do not go to hell because of who they are.

Two years of global listening brought forward the joys and sorrows of LGBTQ Catholics, so we need to be empathetic towards those who say the Synod report was a letdown.

The directive, which appears to be the first of its kind among other U.S. diocesan policies addressing gender identity in schools, requires the schools to inform students’ parents “with reasonable promptness.”

Using this acronym is historic because the church has long persisted in an argument against these letters and their variations, at times denying that LGBTQ people, described as such, even exist.

Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, the current U.S.C.C.B. vice president, released last week “Like Every Disciple,” a set of guidelines written as a personal letter for the pastoral accompaniment of LGBTQ persons.

The best pastoral ministers are also very effective at tending to and honoring stories. This is the way of Jesus.

Our mission is to help students move through a process of self-discovery, guiding them toward a transcendent horizon where they meet Jesus Christ and a better version of themselves.

Studies from the Centers for Disease Control in 2016 and 2019 show alarmingly elevated risks of suicide among LGBTQ teens.

These policies mostly lack a foundation in lived experience and pastoral care, which hinders the work of evangelization being done in Catholic schools.