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May 2015

May 07, 2015

Cardinal to celebrate Mass for LGBT Catholics

From U.K.’s The Catholic Herald Cardinal Vincent Nichols will celebrate Mass with a “pastoral outreach”...

April 2015

April 06, 2015

Donations pour in to support florist who refused to provide flowers for gay wedding

From The Seattle Times: The Richland florist who refused to provide flowers to a gay...

April 06, 2015

Donations pour in to support florist who refused to provide flowers for gay wedding

From The Seattle Times: The Richland florist who refused to provide flowers to a gay...

March 2015

March 15, 2015

After gay organizations are welcomed, Catholic group urges removal of St. Patrick’s name from Boston parade

From AP: Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade is making history as two gay and lesbian...

March 09, 2015

Irish bishop: homosexuality is not what “God intended,” compares it to Down syndrome

Details: A Catholic Bishop's view that gay couples with children "are not parents" has been...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

Did a gay rights group actually get “VIP treatment” at the Vatican?—UPDATED

Here's the report from Reuters: A prominent American Catholic gay rights group was given VIP...

January 2015

January 16, 2015

Michael Sam reveals he proposed to his boyfriend at St. Peter’s Basilica

St. Peter's Basilica by Wolfgang Stuck / Wikipedia From The Daily Mail: He made headlines...

January 13, 2015

Diocese dismisses substitute teacher after he announces gay marriage plans

From The Charlotte Catholic News Herald: A retired dramatics teacher from Charlotte Catholic High School...

January 12, 2015

A deacon writes: “We have learned that being transgender is not synonymous with being homosexual”

You may remember the link I posted several days back, about a Florida deacon who...

January 06, 2015

Archbishop threatens to fire staff who support same-sex marriage—UPDATED

Kathy Schiffer has the scoop: Archbishop Thomas Wenski, archbishop of Miami, has warned archdiocesan employees that...

January 05, 2015

A deacon writes about his LGBT son

I can't recall reading anything by a member of Catholic clergy on this particular subject...

January 02, 2015

Knights of Columbus council reverses course, agrees to host same-sex wedding reception

Photo: Knights of Columbus #934 / Facebook Details: Back in September, Alexandria Marie Shields and...

January 01, 2015

Belgian bishop calls for “formal recognition” of same-sex couples

Photo by Carolus / via Wikipedia From The International Business Times: A Catholic bishop in...

December 2014

December 16, 2014

For first time, Boston will admit gay group to St. Patrick’s Day parade

First New York. Now, Boston. From the AP: For the first time in its history,...

November 2014

November 22, 2014

Report: German bishops to vote on “hidden bombshell”

From The National Catholic Register: In the latest in a series of attempts by German...

October 2014

October 22, 2014

New York Catholic high school changes course, cancels film shoot with gay theme

Details: A Catholic boys’ school has reversed its permission to allow civil rights drama Freeheld, starring Julianne...

October 17, 2014

Survey: young U.S. Catholics “overwhelmingly” accept homosexuality

The Pew Research Center finds a link between their latest survey and what they perceive...

October 15, 2014

From the synod: was something lost in translation?

Here's an interesting take on the relatio, from Catholic News Agency: An incorrect translation into...

October 15, 2014

AP: Religious groups to seek exemptions that would allow them to refuse service to gays

Details: Alarmed by the broad expansion of same-sex marriage set in motion by the U.S....

October 13, 2014

VIDEO: John Allen dissects what the synod document says about gays

Check it out here, from the PBS News Hour:

October 10, 2014

Cardinal: Catholic Church will never bless gay marriages

It sounds like he's stating the obvious, but sometimes the obvious has to be stated....

September 2014

September 26, 2014

“We didn’t start this fight, but we’re not going to cave in and back out of it”—UPDATED

A newspaper in Billings, Montana takes a closer look at the story of two gay...

September 19, 2014

Priest removes married gay couple from parish ministry

From The Billings Gazette in Montana: On Aug. 6, four days after the Rev. Samuel...

September 03, 2014

Gay group to march in New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade—UPDATED

Details: A gay group of employees from NBC will march in next year’s New York City St....

September 03, 2014

Another gay teacher reportedly fired from Catholic school over pregnancy

This time, in Michigan: A former chemistry teacher at a Catholic, all-girls high school in...

August 2014

August 30, 2014

Farm fined for refusing to host gay wedding

Details, from Religion News Service: Christian farm owners in upstate New York who declined a...

August 14, 2014

Catholic school employs first openly gay high school coach in South Dakota

Details: Nate Alfson will start practice Thursday as the returning coach of the Dell Rapids...

July 2014

July 12, 2014

A pastor presides at his son’s gay wedding, and pays the price—UPDATED

The story behind a case that made headlines a few months back, from The New...

July 09, 2014

“How do Christians respond to the transgender issue?”

A priest reader passed this along, noting: Perhaps some of your readers, especially priests might...

June 2014

June 20, 2014

An estimated 5,000 gather for March for Marriage in Washington

Details: Rita Alderete is single, but she values the idea of marriage being a relationship...