A Polish court on Tuesday acquitted three activists who had been accused of desecration and offending religious feelings for producing and distributing images of a revered Roman Catholic icon altered to include the LGBT rainbow.
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I’m a nun who has ministered to transgender people for over 20 years. These are some of their courageous stories.
I testify to you that transgender people are who they say they are.
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U.S. Bishops: If the Equality Act is passed it will ‘discriminate against people of faith’
H.R. 5 would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, public education, federal funding, the credit system and jury duty.
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How accepting my homosexuality made me more pro-life
My belief in the sanctity of human life was supported by my own struggle to accept myself as a gay person.
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Bishops: Biden’s order on LGBT nondiscrimination protections threaten religious liberty
The wide-ranging nondiscrimination executive “threatens to infringe the rights of people who recognize the truth of sexual difference or who uphold the institution of lifelong marriage between one man and one woman,” said the chairmen of five U.S. bishops’ committees.
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Catholic bishops sign statement to LGBT youth: ‘God created you, God loves you.’
A group of U.S. Catholic bishops, including a cardinal and an archbishop, have signed a statement of support for L.G.B.T. youth, telling them, “God created you, God loves you and God is on your side.”
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LGBT activists in Poland on trial for desecrating images of Mary with rainbow symbols
The activists could face up to two years in prison if convicted on charges of offending religious sentiment and desecration of Poland’s most-revered icon.
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Head of German bishops, self-described conservative, calls for changing church teaching on LGBT people and women
The head of the German bishops’ conference called for far-reaching changes to the Catholic Church and criticized the Vatican’s treatment of the church in his country.
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What reporting on the AIDS epidemic taught me about my fellow LGBT Catholics
Part of my project aims to show that Catholics responded heroically to H.I.V. and AIDS in the early days. What I didn’t realize in setting out to tell these stories was how raw that time remains for so many people, even decades later.
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Supreme Court looks likely to side with Catholic agency in dispute with same-sex foster parents
The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to side with a Catholic social services agency in a dispute with Philadelphia over the agency’s refusal to work with same-sex couples as foster parents.