Pope Praises ‘Complementarity’& Resists Gay Ambassador; Irish Religious...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution on Wednesday, April 22,...
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Observers expect that Pope Francis’s environmental encyclical—supposedly titled Laudatio sii, or “Praised Be”—will be released...
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Islamic State: Nine men reportedly executed for sodomy; UN Security Council hears testimony Islamic State...
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We reported last week on the UN Security Council briefing convened by American and Chilean...
View ArticleChallenge to ‘un-Africanness’ of homosexuality; LGBT Catholics in Africa face...
In the Guardian, Bisi Alimi writes, “If you say being gay is not African, you...
View ArticlePope Francis Loves Nuns, But Can the Divide Between Sisters and Vatican Be...
Pope Francis confessed his love for a woman—for many women, actually—on national television this month....
View ArticlePope Francis v. Kim Davis: A Vatican Game of Thrones
Seems like the meeting between Pope Francis and Kim Davis was not as good for him as...
View ArticleClashing human rights visions for LGBTs at United Nations; More Mixed...
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (pronounced iggle-hurk) announced last Monday that it...
View ArticleThe Surprising Origins of (and Problem with) the Vatican’s View of Sex and...
Does God really work in such mysterious ways? Or, is it only the theologians who do?
View ArticleCatholic Bishops Meeting For Family Synod; South Africa’s Dutch Reformed...
Sunday, October 11 was National Coming Out Day. The Canada-based Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights...
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Novelist Marlon James became the first Jamaican author to be awarded the Man Booker Prize....
View ArticleNew Mormon Anti-Gay Policy Sparks Mass Exodus From Church; Christian AID...
Mormon Church: Policies Targeting Same-Sex Couples, Children Spark Mass Exodus We wrote in the last...
View ArticleThe Top Five Pope Francis Quotes of 2015
Pope Francis had another banner year in 2015, from his historic climate encyclical Laudato si’...
View ArticleRussian Orthodox Patriarch Blames Gays For ISIS; ‘Christian Nationalist’...
US Vice President Joe Biden addressed a group of business leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland...
View ArticleIs Pope Francis’ Abuse Commission A Fail?
Pope Francis’ formation of a committee to advise him on long-term policies to stem clerical...
View ArticleWhy Crux‘s Knights of Columbus “Partnership” is Problematic
On March 14 of this year, the Boston Globe announced it would be pulling the plug...
View ArticlePope Francis’ Love Letter is an Opportunity Lost
Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation on Love in the Family, leaves much to be...
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A closer reading of Pope Francis' Exhortation on love in the family
View ArticleDid Francis Just Blindside Conservatives on Women’s Ordination?
Three years, two synods, dozens of bishop attendees, hundreds of pages of documents, innumerous small...
View ArticlePope Francis Walks With LGBTQ People, One Step Forward, Big Steps Back
We will either learn to walk with one another, or we will be forced by dogma to condemn one another.
View Article‘Catholic Feminist’ Isn’t an Oxymoron, and Other Tales From a Beleaguered...
In her latest book, journalist Celia Wexler explores the conflicted feelings many Catholic women have towards their faith and the attempts to make peace with the institutions and traditions that fail...
View ArticleNo Shocker for This Gay Ex-Jesuit, Vatican Rejects Gay Priests (Again)
I am not shocked by the Vatican’s recent affirmation of the 2005 ban on admitting...
View ArticleWhy is the Pope Popular Among Nones?
Popularity in public figureheads is fleeting. As the newly-elected president enters office with the lowest...
View ArticleWith Creation of Little Noticed Department, Pope Francis is Securing Liberal...
As Steve Bannon has allied with the pope's bitterest opponents, liberals have had all the more reason to rally behind Francis.
View ArticleReligious Traditionalists Resist Marriage Equality, Artist Questions What Is...
ILGA notes that some women in more than 50 countries went on strike on Wednesday’s...
View ArticleIrony Really is Dead: GOP Plans to Send Adulterous Third Wife of Serial...
The Republican Party has maintained a death-grip on protestations of moral authority on matters of...
View ArticleThe Most Ridiculous Responses to the Vatican’s Call-out of the...
It’s not surprising that the apparently Vatican-approved denouncement of the conservative Catholic-Christian alliance that has...
View ArticleCatholic Cardinal Slams Jesuit’s Bridge-Building Book; and More in Global...
Reports from several international LGBT gatherings: The Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa (IDNOWA), founded...
View ArticleWill International Criminal Court Bring Charges Against ISIS For Gender-Based...
Gay Times (U.K.) has compiled a map with nations marked by colors representing eight legal...
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