New Ways Ministry reports on Bondings 2.0 that Pope Francis has sent his personal almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the official charged with dispensing charitable contributions from the pope, to assist a transgender community which had appealed to a parish priest for assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. A group of trans people, mostly from Latin America…… Continue reading Pope sends help to Trans community
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LGBT+ Campaigner meets Pope Francis
In mid-November, Pope Francis met with Jayne Ozanne, a prominent gay evangelical Anglican campaigner against so-called “conversion therapy”. During the meeting, which took place after Mass in the Pope’s private chapel, Ms Ozanne presented the Pope with a copy of her memoir, Just Love, and the findings of a 2018 survey into faith and sexuality.…… Continue reading LGBT+ Campaigner meets Pope Francis
Well-attended first Salford LGBT+ Mass
The Bishop of Salford, John Arnold, was principal celebrant of the first Mass hosted by the diocese for LGBT+ Catholics, their families and friends at Holy Name Church, Oxford Road, Manchester on Saturday 12 October. It is estimated that more than 300 people attended the Mass, including members of Quest, among them former Chairs, Ruby…… Continue reading Well-attended first Salford LGBT+ Mass
Diversity in the classroom
Quest receives a mention in the current edition of The Tablet (14 September 2019 – Celebrating diversity in the classroom). The article written by Sidonie Bertrand-Shelton, head of education programmes at Stonewall, discusses the importance of teaching love, respect and acceptance in Catholic schools, and in all faith schools. Sidonie writes that it is important that young…… Continue reading Diversity in the classroom
Dignity USA celebrates 50th anniversary
Dignity USA celebrated its 50th anniversary with a conference over July 4th weekend. The conference titled “True to Ourselves, True to the Spirit”, gave attendees the opportunity to reflect on the organisation’s past as well as its future. Theologian Mary Hunt, one of the keynote speakers, said the conference was a moment for “rejoicing” because…… Continue reading Dignity USA celebrates 50th anniversary
Should bishops abstain from preaching about sexuality and gender?
According to John Gehring, in a commentary for the National Catholic Reporter in the US (26 June 2019), if Catholic bishops “hope to reclaim their moral credibility after revelations about covering up clergy sexual abuse”, they should take a year’s break from speaking and preaching about sexuality and gender issues. Recent examples of where silence…… Continue reading Should bishops abstain from preaching about sexuality and gender?
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”
Pope Francis meets Westminster LGBT+ pilgrims
The 3rd LGBT+ Catholics Westminster Pilgrimage to Rome ended, Sunday, 10 March 2019. On Ash Wednesday, 6 March 2019, the 16 pilgrims, including parents and family members alongside LGBT Catholics with Pilgrimage Chaplain, Fr. David Stewart SJ, had privileged seats at the morning Papal Audience in St. Peter’s Square. At the end of the General…… Continue reading Pope Francis meets Westminster LGBT+ pilgrims
Vatican braces itself for a difficult year
“In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy” a book by Frederic Martel and translated into English by Shaun Whiteside, is set to be published by Bloomsbury Continuum in February. At just short of 600 pages the book is being promoted as an exposition of “the rot at the heart of the Vatican and the Roman…… Continue reading Vatican braces itself for a difficult year
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