LGBT Catholics and allied faithful will gather in four U.S. cities to pray the rosary and hold vigils as part of a national effort to send a message of acceptance and inclusion during a bishops’ meeting with Pope Francis in Rome. The faith sojourn, Pray, Listen, Discern — Raising the Voices of LGBT Catholics, organized…
SAN FRANCISCO – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), today kicks off a seven-city public prayer sojourn to send a message of inclusion and acceptance to bishops meeting with Pope Francis in Rome. The effort, Pray, Listen, Discern — Raising the Voices of LGBT Catholics, begins with a vigil and praying of the rosary at St….
A group of Jesuits from the New York-based magazine America: The National Catholic Review have written an editorial calling out Catholics who promote, agree with or turn a blind eye to punishing new laws being enacted throughout Africa. “Gay and lesbian people in these countries are living under a sword of Damocles, constantly afraid that…
An ex-convict, who apparently hates Catholics so much that he allegedly torched a Spring Valley Catholic church, has been charged with arson and committing a hate crime against religion. When Eugene William Volk, 45, was told by a sheriff’s detective that his fingerprints were found at the scene, Volk’s response was “F—- the church and…
WASHINGTON – Following his historic visit to Brazil for World Youth Day, Pope Francis made multiple comments about gay Catholics in the priesthood during a wide-ranging press conference aboard the Papal plane. By all accounts, the Pope was speaking in response to a question about gay priests within the Roman Curia when he said, “Who…
(CNN) — Are Catholics who support same-sex marriage and take communion like people who commit perjury? That was the stance taken by Detroit’s archibishop on Sunday, after an academic with ties to the church wrote that Catholics in favor of gay marriage should skip communion. In Sunday’s Detroit Free Press, the archibishop said Catholics who…
