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Michael O'Loughlin is the new executive director of Outreach, which highlights welcoming spaces within the church while working to create more.
He advises "pastoral prudence" in response to requests for blessings but says such unions shouldn't be considered equal to marriage.
The archdiocese cites "the organization's rejection of the Church's teaching on chastity" for people with "same-sex attraction."
McNeill spoke out for LGBT equality in the church and the world at large, in defiance of the Catholic hierarchy.
A Catholic bishop in Illinois likens gender dysphoria to anorexia and refuses to recognize trans people's identity.
Such unions are "objectively immoral," says Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield.
The Archdiocese of Indianapolis's policy would let schools bar students who have taken action toward gender affirmation.
If the Vatican stands by Pope Francis's reported remarks, it could be the start of a new era of acceptance.
Pope Francis today denounced gender transition procedures, saying they make gender a choice.
With the pope visiting our turf next month, it's high time he put 'Who am I to judge?' into action.
The nation's Roman Catholic bishops said Wednesday they are developing new guidelines for ministry to gays, reaffirming church opposition to same-sex marriage and adoption by gays, while condemning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is debating how parishes can be welcoming to gays while also upholding the teaching that gay relationships are ''disordered.''
Jeffrey Higgins was terminated by a church in Maryland because he's married to another man.
The Republican candidate continues his criticism of the Obama administration's decision to invite LGBT people to a reception for the pope.
Catholic conservatives are up in arms over reports that President Obama has invited LGBT activists and the first out Episcopal bishop to a ceremony welcoming Pope Francis to the United States.
