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) —
Ferment on gay rights well underway before synod even opens
By Inés San Martín
Formally speaking, the second edition of the Synod of Bishops on the family is just starting up today. Judging by the flurry of activity in Rome, however, with activists and advocacy groups of every stripe pushing
‘Let The Little Homo Sue’: City Commissioner Slams Gay High School Student Suspended Over Dance Date
UPDATE…first posted HERE and HERE!
The high school student suspended after wanting to bring a same-sex date to his high school’s dance has a new critic: an elected official.

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
Pope Francis’s meeting with Kim Davis should come as no surprise
The pope’s enormous influence has undermined LGBT people all over the world, as evidenced by his thinly veiled anti-equality statements in the US

Pope Francis’s no-longer-secret meeting in Washington DC with anti-gay activist Kim Davis, the controversial Kentucky county
John McNeill, Priest Who Pushed Catholic Church to Welcome Gays, Dies at 90
Farewell to my friend, my mentor, and my colleague.
The Rev. John McNeill, an openly gay Roman Catholic priest who, from the 1970s onward, publicly pressed the church to welcome gay men and lesbians — and
Gay Catholics’ message to Pope Francis ahead of US visit
“If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?”

Archbishop Charles Chaput: The Hardliner
Pope Francis has unleashed a Vatican Spring. But Charles Chaput, leader of Philadelphia’s 1.5 million Catholics, seems to have other ideas.
All Pat Smiley wants is a chance to meet with him, to make her case, to
St. Mary’s reverses policy on gay employment after backlash over rescinded hire
By
Update: This post has been updated with the latest information about reconciliation between the school and Lauren Brown.
The St. Mary’s Academy board voted Wednesday night to change the school’s policy on hiring gay employees after facing


