2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (293+ words) Recent remarks by a senior representative of the Catholic Church in Iceland have sparked a national debate on religious doctrine, LGBTQ+ rights, and the boundaries of Icelandic law." The controversial comments were made by Rev. Jakob Rolland, chancellor of the…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (529+ words) For queer Catholics and queer Muslims this coincidence of timing offers an opportunity to reflect on the differences and commonalities between not just their faiths, but their experiences as LGBTQ+ people in religions that are not universally welcoming to them....

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (580+ words) Solange Ayala and Isaias D'az N'ez at their wedding ceremony. After the recent Catholic wedding of a transgender man and woman was declared null and void by the local archbishop,questions have arisen over the licitness of the archbishop's decree....

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (571+ words) Margie Winters (right) with her partner, Andrea Vettori (left) Today's reflection is by guest blogger Margie Winters,retreat facilitator and spiritualdirector, who had been dismissed from her ministry as Director of Religious Education because of her marriage to another woman....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (352+ words) When the Sicilian Bishops" Conference ended their general meeting in January, they issued a final report about their work which included a note that the bishops had "met with representatives of the groups "LGBT+ Christians Sicily" and "Journey to Emmaus,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (165+ words) Then-Bishop Checchio with Pope Francis "He stayed and talked to every person " made a point to go around to get to know them. In terms of times of healing, that meant a lot to a lot of our members." Father…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (307+ words) The Colorado Times Recorder, a newspaper which describes itself as having a "progressive orientation," was pleased with the announcement about the new appointment. Golka "appears to embrace the more moderate politics that Francis and Leo have promoted for the church,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (495+ words) Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, a long-time supporter of ministry to LGBTQ+ people, was recently asked if he was a progressive or conservative, according to'Katholisch.de. He responded'As a Catholic, I cannot accept being pigeonholed in such a narrow way." He went…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (711+ words) In The Fall of the Prison (1993), Seventh Day Adventist theologian Lee Griffith argues that the New Testament associates prisons with the powers of sin and death." According to Griffith, the figure of the prison evokes Sheol, the underworld of the…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago  (451+ words) In 2019, the the German Catholic Church's national synod project convened a group of Catholics to walk the Synodal Path, and help shape Church policy and practice. Seven years later, despite continued hope for reform, some activists around the Synodal Path…...