Vatican Secretary of State meets LGBT+ Advocates

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, met with a large group of lawyers, politicians, and activists – among them Baroness Helena Kennedy, director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute – on Friday 5th April 2019. The group presented him with research on anti-LGBT+ criminalisation laws in the Caribbean that will be…… Continue reading Vatican Secretary of State meets LGBT+ Advocates

Gender Identity: “One more way to be human”

One more way to be human is the title of a feature article in The Tablet (6 April 2019), written by Professor David Albert Jones, the director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Oxford. Professor Jones is developing a project at St Mary’s University, Twickenham with Dr Claire Jenkins to engage with trans people who…… Continue reading Gender Identity: “One more way to be human”

Document on Youth Synod: advice to LGBT+ young Catholics is lacking

On the feast of the Annunciation (25 March), Pope Francis signed a Letter to Young People (Christus Vivit [“Christ is alive”]), the result of the Synod on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment last year. In this Letter, Pope Francis makes a direct appeal to young people, addressing them throughout. He encourages them to grow in…… Continue reading Document on Youth Synod: advice to LGBT+ young Catholics is lacking