VATICAN CITY — (08-07-23) — Pope Francis created quite a stir on Sunday when he said that the Catholic Church was open to everyone, including the gay community. He further added that the church has a duty to accompany the gay community on a personal path of spirituality but - Within the framework of the [...]
ROME — (06-02-22) — The U.S. Embassy to the Vatican began flying the LGBT Rainbow Flag Wednesday in celebration of Pride Month and the second year running in which the U.S. Embassy to the Vatican has celebrated Pride Month, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a blanket authorization for U.S. diplomatic outposts around the [...]
LAS VEGAS — (01-30-22) — Pope Francis called on parents of LGBT kids to “accompany” them and “not hide in an attitude of condemnation” last Wednesday during his speech before a general audience. Francis discussed the four dreams of St. Joseph saying that “God does not promise us that we will never have fear, but [...]
ROME — (12-14-21) — Vatican’s General Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops apologized to leading Catholic LGBTQ advocacy group New Ways Ministry for having yanked a reference to it on the Vatican's official website. The New Ways Ministry resource link was taken down earlier this month without explanation however, suspicion quickly fell on the U.S. [...]
PADERBORN, GERMANY — (12-02-21) — Two Catholic bishops based in Germany, Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen and Heinrich Timmerevers of Dresden, have gone public in calling for changes in the church's teachings on LGBT relationship when it comes to sexual morality. For centuries, the Catholic church "misjudged people and left them alone with their situation and [...]