Bishop Juan Vicente Córdoba says ‘no one chooses to be gay or straight’
By Inés San Martín
A Colombian bishop, insisting that being homosexual is not a sin, said Thursday it’s possible that one of the twelve apostles of Jesus
German Catholic Church opens labour law more to divorced and gays
By Tom Heneghan
Germany’s Roman Catholic Church, an influential voice for reforms prompted by Pope Francis, has decided lay Catholic employees who divorce and remarry or form gay civil unions should no longer
Students Fight For Teacher After Nebraska Catholic School Fires Him For Being Gay
Skutt Catholic High School declined to renew the contract of teacher and speech coach Matt Eledge after he told them he was getting married to a man. He said school officials told him he’d have to end the relationship to
Archbishop Cordileone and the March for Marriage
File under: Lost cause
Even Sal can read the writing on the wall.
Oakland man marks church protest anniversary, with protest
By Ann Rubin
Today marks his anniversary. Every Sunday for the last five years, Tim Stier has stood in front of Oakland’s cathedral, in protest.
“I was a priest for 25 years, and I would much rather be in church,”
Bishop opposed to same-sex marriage struggled with sexuality
File under: What this guy doesn’t know about sex is a lot!
Bishop of Elphin Kevin Doran says some people genetically predisposed to
Confessions of a Gay Jesuit: How I Was Forced To Leave My Church—And Calling
Ben Brenkert wanted to be a priest, but confronted by the hypocrisy and prejudice of the Catholic Church he had to quit. Here, in a powerful, heartfelt essay, he explains why.
Today, at 35, I am a
Dublin priest says he is gay during Mass – receives standing ovation
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A Dublin priest received a standing ovation from his congregation this week as he called for same sex marriage equality in Ireland and came out to his parishioners.
Father Martin Dolan, who has been a priest at
Gay Catholic Music Director Files Discrimination Complaint Against Church For Unfair Termination
by Jack Jenkins
Colin Collette, a gay man, worked as the music director of Holy Family Catholic Community in Inverness, Illinois for 17 years, preparing songs for worship and orchestrating liturgy for weekly services. When Illinois embraced marriage equality in
Lawmakers ask S.F. archbishop not to attend anti-gay marriage rally
By Lee Romney
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone has made no secret of his stance on same-sex marriage.
As chair of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops subcommittee for the promotion and defense of marriage, he backed an