Vatican welcomes straight-acting, celibate gay priests in training...for now
The church also declares LGBTQ+ folks exist "in a situation that seriously hinders a correct relationship with men and women."
JANUARY 14, 2025
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The church also declares LGBTQ+ folks exist "in a situation that seriously hinders a correct relationship with men and women."
The Synod of Synodality was supposed to decide important doctrinal issues but instead upset most, observers say.
A group of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their allies held a private meeting with the pope over the weekend in which they urged him to reverse the church's stance on transgender health care.
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The pair discussed human rights violations and the country's draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act.
The Pope is apologizing for invoking a vulgar Italian term about gay men in a recent closed-door debate about LGBTQ+ priests.
St. Patrick's Cathedral even held a Mass of Reparation. Gentili's family has called out church leaders for what they said was "hypocrisy" and transphobia.
The scene comes as the far-right Italian government has in some cases stripped lesbian mothers from their children's birth certificates.
Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame announced its updated nondiscrimination policy in November, then the transphobes rallied.
An Italian association for LGBTQ+ Christians has announced that it will perform a pilgrimage in September, marking one of the hundreds of events in next year's Jubilee.
Many of the parishioners are outraged.
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Sources present at a closed-door meeting said the pope used the slur during a discussion in which he warned against admitting gay men into the priesthood.
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Michael J. Califano said church officials were