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What does the synod document say about ordination of women, LGBTQ issues, and the liturgy?
At the heart of the synodal process is “a Church capable of radical inclusion,” according to a key document released... Read more
Report: Catholic medical school teaching gender-transition therapies
A guest lecturer at Georgetown University's School of Medicine has advocated the use of puberty blockers, feminizing and masculinizing hormone... Read more
Meet Chloe Cole, the 18-year-old leading the fight to protect children from transgender surgeries
“At 15, I wasn’t really thinking. I was a kid, just trying to fit in,” says Chloe Cole, who underwent... Read more
Methodist-linked university’s Christian conduct code under fire from LGBT advocates
Do church-affiliated universities and Christian moral codes have a place in higher ed? Critics of Seattle Pacific University, it seems,... Read more
Male-female roommates at Catholic colleges? These schools are OK with it
Allowing students of the same biological sex to cohabitate is part of a broader embrace of gender ideology gaining traction... Read more
Swiss bishops' Synod report: Catholic Church denies equality to women and excludes LGBT people
The Swiss Bishops' Conference's report from the Synod says the Catholic Church was seen as suffering from clericalism as well... Read more
Catholic schools’ free lunch funds jeopardized by Biden LGBT rule change
A reinterpreted discrimination ban puts pressure on schools not aligned with the Biden administration’s LGBTQ agenda that rely on federal... Read more
Bishop revokes Catholic status of Jesuit school flying LGBT, Black Lives Matter flags
Bishop Robert McManus said flying the flags in front of a Catholic school "sends a mixed, confusing and scandalous message"... Read more
Pope Francis to LGBT people: God ‘does not disown any of his children’
“A ‘selective’ church, one of ‘pure blood,’ is not Holy Mother Church, but rather a sect,” the pope said. Read more
Cardinal Marx celebrates Mass marking ‘20 years of queer worship and pastoral care’
‘I desire an inclusive Church,’ he said at the Mass. Read more
German Catholic bishops welcome initiative seeking change in Church teaching on sexuality
The campaign criticized what it said were ‘defamatory and outdated’ expressions of Catholic doctrine. Read more
Christian college argues against co-ed housing requirement in appellate court
Attorneys representing a Christian college in Missouri delivered oral arguments Nov. 17 in federal court, seeking to preserve the school’s... Read more
Transgender students 'unknowingly' admitted to Catholic seminaries, archbishop warns
Bishops should consider requiring DNA tests or physical examinations to ensure that all seminarians are biological men, said Archbishop Jerome... Read more
Federal LGBT employment guidance ‘an outrageous overreach’ one lawyer says
Recent federal LGBT nondiscrimination guidance for employers goes far beyond the law, one legal and religious freedom expert told CNA. Read more
Letter from Pope Francis expresses support for Fr. James Martin’s controversial ministry
In a personal letter sent to Fr. James Martin SJ dated June 21, Pope Francis expressed support for his controversial... Read more
