‘I Was Born This Way’: In Memoriam, Archbishop Carl Bean
(May 26, 1944–September 7, 2021)
This May, when Lady Gaga celebrated the 10-year anniversary of her hit album "Born this Way," she gave an acknowledgment shoutout to Archbishop Carl...
Op/ed: The right to an abortion is a queer issue
France has just enshrined abortion rights in its Constitution. What's wrong with the US?
We have collapsed the church into the affairs of the state. For example, the recent...
UK pastor resigns after taking a page from Rhode Island bishop’s playbook
Posting a message taken largely from a tweet by Rhode Island bishop Thomas Tobin, UK-based pastor Keith Waters suggested that Christians should not be supportive of events that are held in honor of LGBTQ...
Boston College exhibit celebrates history of LGBTQ Catholics in US
Apropos of LGBTQ History Month (October) and reflective of a strong LGBTQ presence on a campus whose leadership seems to struggle to accept them, Boston College's School of Theology and Ministry has teamed...
West Springfield pastor calls anti-LGBT faction’s breakaway from United Methodist Church a ‘good resolution’
Reverend Rick Rabe of West Springfield United Methodist Church told MassLive he finds the denomination's proposed historic split over LGBT marriage and ordination an "equitable solution."
The split, announced yesterday, "would divide the third-largest religious...
SCOTUS hears Maine case weighing religious ‘freedom’ vs. LGBTQ rights
The US Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments in a case questioning the denial of state-funded tuition assistance to parents who want to send their kids to private religious schools in rural regions...
Bishop remains silent after diocese ‘uninvited’ Pioneer Valley Gay Men’s Chorus from holiday concert
The Springfield Catholic Diocese canceled a scheduled performance by The Pioneer Valley Gay Men's Chorus in a concert held over the holidays at Saint Teresa's church in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
Members of the chorus told...
