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Added on: 09/10/2023

Latin and Caribbean Catholic Groups Ask Pope to Include LGBTQ+ People in Synod

09/09/2023

Sixty groups forming an Ibero-American Catholic LGBTQ+ network have written to Pope Francis asking for LGBTQ+ people to be directly involved in the Synod assembly next month,…

Global News

Added on: 08/07/2023

Catholic Church open to everyone including LGBT: Pope

08/06/2023

Pope Francis says the Catholic Church is open to everyone, including the gay community, and that it has a duty to accompany them on a personal path…

Global News

Added on: 10/28/2022

Vatican’s Latest Synod Document Recognizes LGBTQ+ People as Pressing Pastoral Issue

10/28/2022

The Vatican released the latest working document for the Synod on Synodality yesterday, which included LGBTQ+ issues at two points. The document is a signal for LGBTQ+…

World Voices

Added on: 06/12/2022

Suspended Gay Priest Krzysztof Charamsa Wants LGBT Catholics to Get Angry

Jo Moses

Alturi Contributor

Those who leave the Catholic Church for ideological reasons will often fall back on the same sentiments, sentiments that the Church, maybe even organized religion as a…

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Added on: 01/07/2022

Pope Francis praises Sister Jeannine Gramick’s 50 years of L.G.B.T. ministry in handwritten letter

01/06/2022

In another sign of support for L.G.B.T. Catholics and those who advocate on their behalf, Pope Francis sent a handwritten letter on Dec. 10 to Jeannine Gramick,…

Global News

Added on: 12/14/2021

Vatican office apologises for hurting Catholic LGBTQ community

12/13/2021

A Vatican department has apologised for “causing pain to the entire LGBTQ community” by removing from its website a link to resource material from a Catholic gay…

Global News

Added on: 03/30/2021

Vatican’s gay blessing ban stokes fear among African LGBT Catholics

03/29/2021

The Vatican’s recent decree banning Catholic priests from blessing same-sex marriages has stoked fear among the LGBT community in countries across Africa, where gay people are routinely…

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Added on: 03/23/2021

Germany: Theology professors blast Vatican gay union stance

03/22/20201

More than 230 professors of Catholic theology in Germany and other countries where German is spoken have signed a statement protesting the Vatican’s recent pronouncement that priests…

Global News

Added on: 03/17/2021

LGBTQ Catholics Are Stung by the Vatican’s Rebuff of Same-Sex Unions

03/16/2021

The Vatican’s declaration that same-sex unions are a sin the Roman Catholic Church cannot bless was no surprise for LGBTQ Catholics in the United States — yet…

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Added on: 12/27/2020

Pope proclaims year of families, offers advice to keep peace

12/27/2020

Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed an upcoming year dedicated to the family as he doubled down on one of his papal priorities and urged renewed attention to…

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Added on: 10/24/2020

Where homosexuality is still illegal, Pope Francis has thrown a lifeline to L.G.B.T. Catholics

10/23/2020

Janine Scott-dos Santos said she hesitated and prayed about the possibility of legalizing her relationship with her long-time partner. South Africa, where Ms. Scott-dos Santos lives with…

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Added on: 10/22/2020

Pope Francis backs same-sex civil unions

10/21/2020

Pope Francis has given his most explicit support to same-sex civil unions in a move that is likely to further enrage his conservative opponents in the Catholic…

Global News

Added on: 09/19/2020

Gay children are ‘children of God’, Pope tells parents

09/18/2020

Pope Francis has told the parents of gay children that God loves them “as they are” because they are “the children of God”. His remarks came following…

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Added on: 05/02/2020

Pope Francis just threw his support behind a small community of Italian transgender sex workers

05/01/2020

Sex workers, particularly those who are undocumented, have been badly hit by the pandemic as many are unable to work or claim benefits. This was the case…

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Added on: 12/24/2019

VATICAN RULES IN FAVOR OF GAY DUTCH PRIEST

12/23/2019

The Vatican has reinstated a homosexual Dutch cleric dismissed by his bishop for violating his priestly vow of celibacy. Father Pierre Valkering told Dutch radio earlier this…

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Added on: 11/16/2019

Pope compares politicians who rage against gays to Hitler

11/15/2019

Pope Francis said on Friday politicians who rage against homosexuals, gypsies and Jews remind him of Hitler. “It is not coincidental that at times there is a…

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Added on: 10/01/2019

Pope meets U.S. priest attacked by conservatives for ministering to gays

09/30/2019

Pope Francis on Monday gave a high-profile private audience to a prominent American Jesuit priest who has been attacked repeatedly by conservative Catholics and media outlets for…

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Added on: 06/23/2019

Struggle among progress as countries restrict LGBTQ rights

06/23/2019

The world has been transformed in many ways in the 50 years since the uprising at the Stonewall Inn, with major shifts in the past decade alone…

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Added on: 06/11/2019

Vatican issues guidance questioning modern gender identity

06/11/2019

The Vatican has released a new document challenging modern conceptions of gender identity. The 31-page teaching guidance, released on Monday, is titled Male and Female He Created…

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Added on: 01/28/2019

“We exist”, gays say in message to Pope Francis in Panama

01/26/2019

A long and tender kiss between two women in downtown Panama on Friday was a quiet but symbolic message from the LGBT community to the visiting Pope…

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Added on: 12/04/2018

This Pope Francis Interview About Gay Priests Speaks Volumes About The Church’s Stance

12/02/2018

In an excerpt of a new book released on Saturday in Italy, Pope Francis made the church’s stance on gay priests clear: they should not, in his…

Global News

Added on: 11/25/2018

Why LGBT Catholics want to change attitudes in Italy

11/25/2018

Coming out can be challenging for young people across the globe – but in Italy many young Catholics are struggling with negative attitudes from both their communities…

Global News

Added on: 11/19/2018

How the Catholic ‘Alt-Right’ Aims to Purge LGBTQ Members from the Church

11/18/2018

Websites like Church Militant, LifeSite News and the Lepanto Institute are ratcheting up the rhetoric with personal attacks on supporters of gay Catholics. The call for action against…

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Added on: 01/31/2018

Human Rights Watch

The Human Rights Watch lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights program has fought for over a decade to end human rights violations based on sexual orientation…