LGBTQ Rights · October 5, 2023
Vatican Synod Opens with Caution on Women and LGBT Issues
Vatican Synod begins with caution on women and LGBT issues.
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Religion · Nov 19
Women priests, homosexuality, not closed debate in Church, German bishop says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A leading German Catholic bishop on Saturday contested the Vatican’s view that debates about women priests and homosexuality were closed, saying they will have to be confronted in the future. Bi…
Religion · Oct 9
Breakaway church gives gay ex-monk what Vatican would deny him: a holy wedding
MUNICH (Reuters) - Anselm Bilgri, a former monk and prior at one of Germany’s most famous monasteries, had to leave the Roman Catholic Church to wed his long-term male partner. Now he hopes their wedding within a breaka…
Religion · Sep 20
Defying Vatican, Flemish bishops allow blessing same-sex unions
VATICAN CITY, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Flemish Roman Catholic bishops on Tuesday issued a document effectively allowing the blessing of same-sex unions, seemingly in direct defiance of a ruling against such practices by the…
Religion · Aug 16
Pope Francis meets transgender guests of Rome church
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has met with a fourth group of transgender people who found shelter at a Rome church, the Vatican newspaper reported Thursday. L’Osservatore Romano said the encounter took place Wednesday on the…
Education · Feb 6
Liberal cardinal calls for revised Catholic teaching on gays
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A prominent liberal cardinal who leads a body representing European bishops has called for "fundamental revision" in Catholic teaching on homosexuality, and said it is wrong to fire Church worke…
Religion · Jan 26
Support your children if they are gay, pope tells parents
VATICAN CITY, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Wednesday that parents of gay children should not condemn them but offer them support. He spoke in unscripted comments at his weekly audience in reference to difficu…
Religion · Dec 15
Vatican office apologises for hurting Catholic LGBTQ community
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A Vatican department has apologised for “causing pain to the entire LGBTQ community” by removing from its website a link to resource material from a Catholic gay rights advocacy group. The websi…
Politics · Sep 22
Pope inspired me over family values, says Hungary's Orban
Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday that his recent meeting with Pope Francis encouraged him to keep defending the traditional family though the pair avoided airing their differences over im…
Religion · Sep 4
Admirers still urging sainthood for chaplain killed on 9/11
NEW YORK (AP) — Among the nearly 3,000 people killed in the 9/11 terror attacks, Mychal Judge, a Catholic chaplain with New York’s fire department, left a uniquely complex legacy that continues to evolve 20 years after…
Religion · Aug 24
Pope removes Spanish bishop
(ANSA) - VATICAN CITY, AUG 23 - Pope Francis on Monday removed a Spanish bishop who stirred controversy by saying homosexuality was linked to "an absent paternal figure". The move follows Francis' removal last week of a…
Politics · Aug 18
German minister criticizes Vatican stance on gay couples
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister has criticized the Roman Catholic Church for its refusal to bless same-sex unions but says his religious faith remains strong. Health Minister Jens Spahn, 40, married his husband,…
Television · Aug 15
Madrid to name square after Carrà
(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 15 - Madrid is to name a square after Raffaella Carrà, the late Italian TV icon who was wildly popular in Spain too, the El Diario website reported Thursday. The initiative was proposed by the Más Mad…