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This Pride Month, Catholic Church shows clear, if subtle, shifts toward LGBTQ welcome
By Claire Giangravé — June 27, 2022
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — From welcoming trans women at the Vatican to promoting LGBTQ outreach around the world, some advocates say Pope Francis has created a space for inclusion without fear.
Divided reactions in US as pope backs same-sex civil unions
By David Crary and Elana Schor — October 22, 2020
(AP) — Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, was one of the first conservative Catholic leaders to go public with criticism.
LGBT groups criticize decision to eject them from church near World Meeting event
By Rosie Scammell — August 19, 2015
(RNS) The “Transforming Love: Exploring Gender Identity from Catholic Perspectives” workshop was scheduled to take place Sept. 26 at Philadelphia’s St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.
Vatican debate on gays provokes strong reaction from all corners
By Josephine McKenna — October 10, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Should families welcome their gay son and his partner home at Christmas? Lay Catholics say yes, and one leading cardinal calls it "evil."
The Rev. Bob Nugent, silenced for his work with gay Catholics, dies at 76
By Kevin Eckstrom — January 2, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The scrutiny of the Rev. Bob Nugent's activism symbolized the Vatican's approach to all talk of homosexuality under Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI compared with the more tolerant "who am I to judge?" tone set recently by Pope Francis.
ANALYSIS: Can gay Catholics find a home in the Catholic Church?
By David Gibson — May 23, 2013
(RNS) As U.S. Catholics grow increasingly accepting of homosexuality, there's going to be inevitable conflict as an uneasy “Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell” policy clashes with gay Catholics' increasing visibility in the form of marriage licenses or wedding announcements.
Cardinal Dolan: Catholic Church could do better on gay outreach
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — April 1, 2013
(RNS) New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan says the Catholic Church needs to do a better job on not demonizing gays and lesbians, and a gay Catholic leader calls it an "Easter miracle."
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