LGTB Archives

Bishop calls homosexuality ‘gift from God,’ seeks to end ‘prejudices that kill’

A Brazilian bishop said on July 30 that homosexuality is a “gift from God.” After the reactions generated by his homily, Bishop Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos, appointed by Pope Francis in 2014, sent out a statement saying that he wanted to “save lives,” after learning about the high statistics of suicide among transgender people.

Manichean-style hatred must be resisted on both left and right

A recent ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’ article denounced an ‘ecumenism of hate’ in the U.S. between fundamentalist Evangelicals and ‘Catholic Integralists,’ but Charles Camosy says that ironically, the article trafficked in the very dualistic thinking it denounced, and that ‘Manichean poison’ of either left or right damages the Body of Christ.

Latin America sees a week of high Catholic drama

From Mexico to Peru and from Argentina to Venezuela, the past week has been chock full of Catholic drama in Latin America, including debates over gay marriage, a cloistered convent under investigation, and a cardinal taking on a president over shortages of food and medicine.

Kaine says Catholic Church might change on gay marriage
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- September 11, 2016
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, a Catholic, said Saturday night that he’s changed his mind on gay marriage and now supports it, and predicted that the Catholic Church may eventually follow suit, among things citing the pope’s famous remark ‘Who am I to judge?’
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California pol concedes defeat to religious leaders on LGBT lawsuits
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- August 12, 2016
Democratic state Sen. Ricardo Lara of Bell Gardens, California has decided to remove the language in his bill that drew the most fervent opposition from religious leaders and schools.
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U.S. embassy, American parish in Rome pray for Orlando victims
- Catholic News Service
- June 17, 2016
The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See and Santa Susanna parish, the parish serving U.S. Catholics in Rome, organized an evening prayer service June 16 attended by around 100 people. Ken Hackett, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, mentioned several victims by name and noted that “many were also a part of the LGBT community, a community that has seen more than its share of suffering and tragedy.”
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