Mara Grassi told Pope Francis, “We wish to create a bridge to the church so that the church too can change its way of looking at our children, no longer excluding them but fully welcoming them.”

“My dream was that trans people could have a decent home. Because we don’t give them that opportunity," said Sister Mónica Astorga Cremona.

“Love, Victor” raises important questions about how same-sex desire is construed across religious and ethnic divides.

It is up to individual Catholics to make the case to church leaders.

The editors of America have weighed in on these cases in previous editorials, which offer some helpful perspective.

Two U.S. bishops said they welcomed the Court's ruling, noting that the decision "rightly acknowledged" the limit on state authority.