A federal court in Indiana sided with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and one of its Catholic high schools in a lawsuit filed by a former guidance counselor who said her contract was not renewed because of her same-sex union.
The Sept. 30 ruling
Action taken by the Flemish-speaking bishops of Belgium to provide a formal liturgical blessing for same gender unions is confusing at best, shocking at worst, according to Monsignor Owen F. Campion. He writes: “It is hard not to say that this new
The Flemish-speaking bishops of Belgium have appointed a contact person for ministry to and with gay Catholics and have authorized prayer for committed gay couples on the condition it is clear that it is not equivalent to a wedding blessing.
The document, "Being
The Indiana Supreme Court said the state could not interfere in a Catholic school's firing of a teacher in a same-sex marriage because of the school's religious freedom rights.
The court, in its Aug. 31 ruling, sided with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in
In June, rainbow-colored flags waved outside restaurants, signs with mantras such as "Love is love" rested in windows and parades wound through city streets, all in celebration of Pride Month.
The LGBTQ event grew out of the Stonewall Uprising, a conflict between police
Pope Francis said he wants LGBT Catholics to know that God is a father who "does not disown any of his children."
The pope's comment was among the short answers to three questions posed in a letter by Jesuit Father James Martin, editor
Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx has called for a change in Catholic teaching on homosexuality, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA.
"The catechism is not set in stone. One may also question what it says," Cardinal Marx told the weekly magazine Stern in
The day after issuing its final opinions for the current term, the Supreme Court announced it was taking up one religious rights case and rejecting another for its next term.
Both cases sound somewhat familiar based on previous court rulings.
One of the 10
Serving Catholics who have same-sex attractions is a ministry that has evolved within the Church, and there is still room to grow. While some groups, like Courage International, host groups that focus on helping same sex-attracted Catholics cultivate chastity and live by
Father Philip Bochanski, a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, has served as the executive director of Courage International, Inc., since 2017. Founded by the late Father John Harvey in 1980, Courage seeks to help men and women who are attracted to