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Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A nun’s ministry to transgender Catholics: ‘Just embrace us. Don’t displace us.’
Sister Luisa Derouen has provided spiritual companionship to some 250 trans people, assuring them that they are God’s children.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Movie Club
Catholic Movie Club: ‘The Birdcage’ asks us to reconsider traditional American family values
What makes a family a family: that they look like the model, or the way that they love each other?
Posted inFaith, News
Report: Pope Francis encourages gay man who wants to join seminary
Lorenzo Michele Noè Caruso wrote to Pope Francis after seeing reports that the pope had used a homophobic slur when telling members of the Italian bishops’ conference to exercise caution in admitting gay men to seminaries.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: Pope Francis used a homophobic slur. How should Catholics respond?
The context of the incident, the Vatican’s response, and the implications for L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
I am a gay priest. We need more than an apology for Pope Francis’ homophobic slur.
As a gay priest, I was shocked and saddened by the Holy Father’s use of an offensive slur during a discussion with Italian bishops.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis’ remarks about gay seminarians ‘taken out of context and used to divide,’ Italian bishop says
“The pope is not homophobic and never was,” the vice president of the Italian bishops’ conference said.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Pope Francis used an anti-gay slur. What now for L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics?
What do you make of a pope who has embraced the L.G.B.T.Q. Catholic community, but who reportedly used a gay slur while reiterating the church’s ban on admitting gay men to seminaries?
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Vatican issues apology after Pope Francis’ use of an anti-gay slur
A day after news broke that Pope Francis had allegedly used a derogatory word in a private conversation with Italian bishops about gay men applying to Italian seminaries, the Vatican has issued an official response.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis says Italian seminaries should reject gay applicants
Pope Francis told the Italian bishops’ conference not to allow homosexual men to enter the seminary to train for the priesthood, according to Italian media reports.