Gay Catholics Archives

Courage apostolate preaches chastity to homosexual Catholics at national conference
- Interviews
- July 29, 2017
In an interview with Crux, Father Philip Bochanski, executive director of Courage International, lays out the goals and beliefs of the groups Courage and EnCourage. He also discusses how he and the chaplains of Courage go about talking to its members and newcomers alike about some very difficult and counter-cultural issues.
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Courage: Offering compassion, respect and sensitivity
- Church in the US, Commentary
- July 10, 2017
If people who experience same sex attraction are not bullied and rejected by Catholics they are often ignored. A culture of “don’t ask don’t tell” exists in which people with same sex attraction are accepted but expected to keep their sexual orientation under wraps. Courage accepts and welcomes people with same sex attraction as they are, and describes its goals as “chastity, prayer and dedication, fellowship, support, good example.”
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Father James Martin on LGBT community: A bridge too far?
- Church in the US, Commentary
- June 17, 2017
In his new book, “Building a Bridge,” Father James Martin fails to mention Catholic organizations trying to help homosexuals live their lives according to Church teaching. However, he does speak approvingly of New Ways Ministry, which has been condemned by both the Vatican and the U.S. Bishops. Is he causing confusion in the Church?
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Despite short shrift in ‘Amoris’, Francis sees mercy for gays too

April 21, 2016

The pope’s pastoral outreach to the divorced and civilly remarried in his apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (“The Joy of Love”) has been widely praised, but some feel that gays got short shrift. Pope Francis explores the possibility of those in “irregular” marriages receiving Communion after having entered a process of conscience formation

Gay priest: The Church makes the lives of gay people 'hell'

Life

October 30, 2015

ROME — A former Vatican official, who was stripped of his post early this month after acknowledging publicly that he was gay and in a relationship, has renewed his criticism of the Roman Catholic Church, accusing it of homophobia. The official, the Rev. Krzysztof Charamsa, made public an Oct. 3