Last week saw the release of yet another poll suggesting that a majority of U.S. Catholics do indeed hold pro-choice views on abortion.
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Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The Catholic Church needs L.G.B.T. saints
When L.G.B.T. people look at the communion of the saints, we should be able to see someone who looks like us.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis speaks to LGBT Catholics in new letter: God ‘does not disown any of his children.’
Pope Francis lent a nod of support to a new project that provides resources for L.G.B.T. parish ministry in a note to James Martin, S.J.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
‘Outreach’ website hopes to inspire online L.G.B.T. community for Catholics
The mission to reach the marginalized L.G.B.T. community led Father James Martin and his collaborators to launch a new website, outreach.faith, on May 1.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I’m afraid to return to Mass in person. And it’s not because of Covid.
I’m afraid, but not of the virus. Frankly, I’m afraid of what I will see, of what I will hear when I get there and step inside the church.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘Killing Eve’ deserved better than a botched Christian conversion narrative and a cheap, shock-value ending
Despite its first three seasons of ambitious, campy, violent fun, “Killing Eve” lost its way in its final season with a failed conversion subplot and problematic treatment of queer characters.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
New federal rules on abortion, transgender services may pose ‘existential threat’ to Catholic hospitals
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services may soon announce new regulations that would pose an existential threat to religious-based employers including Catholic hospitals.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Cardinal Marx calls for change in church teaching on homosexuality, admits to blessing same-sex couples
Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich has called for a change in Catholic teaching on homosexuality, saying: “The catechism is not set in stone. One may also question what it says.”
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
What it means to be a woman — from a Catholic perspective
In honor of Women’s History Month, “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” is exploring questions about what it means to be a woman, from a Catholic perspective.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘The Power of the Dog’ review: Do we really need another film that identifies L.G.B.T. people with trauma?
The film mostly reinforces a longstanding and problematic trope.