A new statement is seemingly at odds with Pope Francis’ famous “Who am I to judge?” response when asked about gay priests in 2013.
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James Martin, S.J.: We need to build a bridge between LGBT community and the Catholic Church.
We are all pilgrims on the way, loved sinners following the call we first heard at our baptisms.
Posted inEditorials, Español
¿Cómo debe reaccionar la Iglesia cuando sus empleados homosexuales se casan? Despedirlos no es la respuesta.
¿Cómo puede la Iglesia continuar a sostener sus ministerios y ser testigo de las verdades eternas de su enseñanza si sus propios empleados no las aceptan todas?
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How should the church respond when gay employees get married?
How can the church continue to sustain its ministries while bearing witness to the timeless truths of its teaching when its own employees do not accept them all?
Posted inFaith, Signs Of the Times
L.G.B.T. Catholics Should Be ‘Accompanied,’ Pope Francis Urges
Flying back to Rome on Oct. 2 after a visit to Georgia and Azerbaijan, the pope was asked how, given his criticism on Oct. 1 of “gender theory” and of what he calls “ideological colonization,” he would provide pastoral care to a person who felt his or her sexuality did not co
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Bishop McElroy Calls for a Practical ‘Apology’ to L.G.B.T. Catholics
The pope’s call for Christians to offer an apology to gay and lesbian people, issued during his flight back to Rome from Armenia on June 26, was carefully welcomed by Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego. “I think it opens up a very helpful pathway to dialogue and, hopefully, healing,&rdqu
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Same-Sex Marriage Decision Resolves One Question, Raises Many Others
Legal abstractions in Obergefell v. Hodges have concrete results
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What’s it like to be gay and Catholic? An interview with Eve Tushnet
“There is a future for individual gay people in the Catholic Church that doesn’t require repression, or self-hatred, or being totally alone.”
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Explainer: What happens when a Catholic teacher violates church teaching?
It does not necessarily follow that because a teacher has violated church teaching, and his or her contract, that he or she should be terminated.
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When the Law Is a Crime
Supporters of traditional marriage must denounce unjust discrimination against homosexuals.