A symbolic meeting to open a controversial dialog
The encounter took place in a non-descript room at the Vatican, and conversation stuck to regular diplomatic briefs. But for the parties involved on Tuesday morning, the meeting held
Vatican synod calls for a more welcoming Catholic Church
Deeply divided clerics at a landmark Vatican summit echoed the more inclusive tone of Pope Francis on Saturday, extending more welcoming language to divorced and gay Catholics but stopping short of calling for clear alterations in policy
Pro-LGBT Catholic pastors, bishop met in Rome for pre-Synodal conference
By Emmanuele Barbieri
Around a hundred people gathered at the Pilgrim Centre “Santa Teresa Couderc” in Rome, for the international conference entitled Ways of Love: Snapshots of Catholic Encounters With LGBT People and Their Families, sponsored by the “Global
Church language and sexuality
Archbishop: Family ministry is giving more love to those most in need
By Cindy Wooden
Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich told reporters that something his mother once said might give the Synod of Bishops a way to balance the need to affirm church teaching while reaching out to those who are struggling.
Fired Polish priest: ‘no gay lobby in Vatican’
Krzysztof Charamsa told a private Italian television channel
Synod should reflect on possibly allowing female deacons, says archbishop
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) —
Vatican sacks priest after he comes out as gay
The Vatican dismissed a priest from his post in a Holy See office on Saturday after he told a newspaper he was gay and urged the Catholic Church to change its stance on homosexuality.
Monsignor Krzystof Charamsa
Before Pope Francis Met Kim Davis, He Met With Gay Ex-Student
Ever since it became public that Pope Francis met in Washington with Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples, the questions have been swirling: Why
Pope to US bishops: It’s about love as much as doctrine
By Michael O’Loughlin
In a speech to 300 US bishops in an historic Washington cathedral, Pope Francis