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Tyler Green, preparedness help manager with the Mecklenburg County Public Health Department, talks to volunteers at a monkeypox vaccination clinic in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 20. (AP/Nell Redmond)

LGBTQ+ Catholics dealing with monkeypox worry about support from church

Many LGBTQ+ Catholics face challenges in finding support in their churches during another national public health crisis that disproportionately impacts men who have sex with men.

Aleja Hertzler-McCain

New Catholic policies across US create 'culture of fear' for LGBTQ students, advocates say

By Katie Collins Scott

Kelly Easter of East Nashville, Tennessee, a single lesbian, recently prevailed in her legal case to be allowed to participate in a federal foster care program run by subcontracting agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The US bishops allowed a gay woman to become a foster parent. The broader meaning is unclear.

By Brian Fraga

Loretto Sr. Jeannine Gramick speaks in Dublin to Ursula Halligan, spokesperson for the lay reform group We Are Church Ireland. (NCR screenshot/We Are Church Ireland)

New Ways' Sr. Jeannine Gramick sees a future for same-sex marriage in Catholic Church

By Sarah Mac Donald

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Soul Seeing for Lent with Loretto Sr. Jeannine Gramick

A long time with Jesus in the wilderness

Milwaukee Archdiocese takes aim at trans persons in sweeping new policy

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Sealed archival boxes containing documents related to Dorothy Day's canonization cause are seen in the sanctuary following a Mass Dec. 8, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Dec 15, 2021

The Francis Effect podcast: Dorothy Day; New Ways Ministry; year-end wrap-up

Listen: In this episode, hosts Father Daniel, Heidi and David talk about Dorothy Day's canonization process; developments with Pope Francis, New Ways Ministry and the Vatican; and the best and worst of 2021.

ByHeidi Schlumpf, Daniel P. Horan, David Dault

A banner hangs outside St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York City following an annual Pre-Pride Festive Mass June 26. The liturgy, hosted by the parish's LGBT Ministry, is traditionally celebrated on the eve of the city's Pride march.

Dec 14, 2021

Marquette Diocese's LGBTQ restrictions blasted as 'cruel policy'

A 15-page policy issued by the Diocese of Marquette asks pastors to deny baptism, Communion and confirmation to gay, transgender and nonbinary Catholics unless they have "repented."

ByBrian Fraga

The Vatican in 1999 barred Sr. Jeannine Gramick and Fr. Robert Nugent from ministry involving homosexual people. The two had been involved in gay ministry in the United States for more than 30 years. (CNS/Nancy Wiechec)

Dec 08, 2021

Pope Francis thanks New Ways Ministry in recent correspondence

In two letters to New Ways Ministry this year, Pope Francis commended the group for its outreach to the LGBTQ community and referred to co-founder Loretto Sr. Jeannine Gramick as "a valiant woman" who had suffered much for her ministry.

ByBrian Fraga

Franciscan friars of St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York City and members of the parish's LGBTQ ministry gather at a reception following an annual "Pre-Pride Festive Mass" June 26. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Nov 02, 2021

Online fundraiser supports LGBTQ staff fired from Catholic parishes, schools

A $5,000 fundraiser will support five LGBTQ people fired from their jobs at Catholic institutions in the Detroit Archdiocese. Linda Tomala, a member of Detroit's Families with Dignity, donated to Love Always Wins because such stories made her "disheartened, disappointed, disgusted and angry."

ByGina Ciliberto

Aug 09, 2021

Catholic teaching supports nondiscrimination against LGBTQ community, statement says

A new statement from New Ways Ministry affirms "that Catholic teaching should not be used to further oppress LGBTQ people by denying rights rooted in their inherent human dignity and in the church's call for social equality."

ByBrian Fraga

Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington June 26, 2015, after the justices ruled in a 5-4 decision that the U.S. Constitution gives same-sex couples the right to marry. Over 3,000 Catholic theologians

Apr 01, 2021

After Vatican decree, over 100 theologians pledge to support same-sex couples

More than 3,000 Catholic theologians, clergy, laypeople and organizations have pledged to support LGBTQ couples in the face of the Vatican decree banning priests from blessing same-sex unions.

ByMadeleine Davison