The unanimous ruling was further evidence that claims of religious liberty almost always prevail in the current court.
US: Catholic LGBTQ Ministry Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Adoption Case
The Catholic hierarchy may think that they have achieved a stunning victory in the Fulton vs. the City of Philadelphia decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, but in fact it is a crushing defeat for the Catholic values of equality, respect, and human dignity of all people, including LGBTQ people. The decision is also a defeat for Catholic values of stable family life and the promotion of the common good.
Cuba: Church opens its doors to LGBTQI+ people
In Pope’s Welcome of Women Acolytes and Lectors, A Lesson for LGBTQ Catholics, Too
Pope Formalizes Women’s Roles, but Priesthood Stays Out of Reach
Poland: Church cancels lease of liberal Catholic magazine
Hundreds of religious leaders declare all LGBT+ people are ‘precious’ in call for global conversion therapy ban
Hundreds of religious leaders around the world have declared that LGBT+ people “are a precious part of creation” and called for a global ban on conversion therapy. The government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has funded a conference held Wednesday (16 December) to mark the launch of the Global Interfaith Commission on LGBT+ Lives.
Senior faith leaders call for global decriminalisation of LGBT+ people
Fearless Allies: Conversations for LGBT Inclusion
The Catholic Church must listen to transgender and intersex people
In supporting civil unions for same sex couples, Pope Francis is moving Catholics toward a more expansive understanding of family
Public support for civil unions from Pope Francis is not entirely new. When he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, and again in a 2014 interview, he spoke about civil unions for same-sex couples. While the Vatican is right in saying that church doctrine remains the same, as a theologian who has been writing about Catholicism and family for over two decades, I see in the pope’s comments evidence that Catholic understanding of who counts as family is evolving.