News and Views
How I learned to reconcile my Catholic faith with my love for another woman
Outreach Originals Janine Scott-dos Santos / March 27, 2025Growing up in a Catholic household, my faith was the steady ground beneath my feet, but I felt torn between the love I felt and the teachings of the faith.
‘Who am I to judge?’ With five words, Pope Francis set new tone for Catholic Church
Link USA Today / March 26, 2025Parish talk by transgender hermit rescheduled after negative comments
Link National Catholic Reporter / March 26, 2025Abortion fight won, conservative Christians mimic Dobbs tactics to go after same-sex marriage
Link Religion News Service / March 26, 2025A Stations of the Cross drawing from the LGBTQ Catholic experience
Outreach Originals John T. Kyler / March 25, 2025Reflections from the Catholic LGBTQ community are included in this edition of the Stations of the Cross, a Catholic devotion popular during Lent that recalls the condemnation and crucifixion of Jesus.
How Jesus can help you to flourish
Gospel Reflection James Martin, S.J. / March 22, 2025Nothing can prevent Jesus from helping us to flourish, even if it seems that we are simply “exhausting the soil.”
The comfort of ritual in frightening times
Outreach Originals Cameron Bellm / March 20, 2025As the dignity of the marginalized has been undermined by the administration, I have come to lean on ritual in a different way.
James Keenan, S.J.: Trump rules on biological sex ignore more complex reality
Outreach Originals James F. Keenan, S.J. / March 19, 2025That intersex people are not well known arises from our own inability to recognize and accompany them, writes Father Keenan.
Register today: Outreach announces Jubilee Year pilgrimage to Rome
Outreach Originals Outreach Staff / March 18, 2025Pilgrims will visit several sites associated with the Society of Jesus, including the Church of the Gesù and the Rooms of St. Ignatius.
