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Pope Leo invites transgender women to Vatican lunch, but doesn't sit with them

Pope Leo is continuing Pope Francis' tradition of inviting transgender women to lunch, but not his tradition of sitting with them.

Pope Leo says blessing same-sex weddings is 'not what the Church teaches'

Pope Leo said "the church’s teaching will continue as it is" in regards to marriage equality.

Pope Leo XIV will continue Francis's acceptance of LGBTQ+ Catholics

The new Pope met with Father James Martin and shared his belief in inclusion and desire for continuity.

Anti-LGBTQ+ Catholic leader confirmed as ambassador to Vatican

Brian Burch, cofounder of CatholicVote, criticized Pope Francis's decision to bless same-sex couples.

Will the Catholic Church continue blessing same-sex couples under Pope Leo XIV?

A Vatican official spoke with a reporter about the topic recently.

In the wake of Kerrville, how so-called Christian Mike Johnson is leading a satanic cycle of suffering

Opinion: With huge cuts to NOAA, climate initiatives, Medicaid, and rural hospitals, those in harm's way of nature’s fury have little hope, writes John Casey.

The pope’s MAGA brother and how even the holiest families have a black — and red — sheep stained by Trump

Opinion: There’s one in every family. The black and now red sheep. And we know who that is in the pope’s family, writes John Casey

New pope voted in Republican primaries, Illinois records show

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, voted in a suburb of Chicago.

LGBTQ+ Catholic organization's leader says he's 'hopeful' about Pope Leo XIV

Michael O'Loughlin is the executive director of Outreach, an organization supporting LGBTQ+ Catholics. This is what he thinks of the election of the new pope.

U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV. Here's what he's said about LGBTQ+ people

Pope Leo XIV may not carry the same stances on LGBTQ+ rights as Pope Francis.

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What Barry Diller’s ho-hum coming-out says about a vanishing kind of marriage

Opinion: The respectful and intimate partnership between a gay man and a fabulous woman is no longer required in the way it once was, writes John Casey.

Will the next Pope embrace the LGBTQ+ community and a more modest lifestyle like Pope Francis did?

The executive director of Outreach, the queer Catholic resource organization, provides some insight from Rome into what can be expected from the conclave.

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Who could succeed Pope Francis? We look at 10 possibilities, both LGBTQ-friendly and not

Potential successors come from all over the world and range from moderate to deeply conservative on LGBTQ+ issues.

Lindsey Graham, the monsignor of MAGA, in his most offensive capitulation yet, says Trump should be pope

Opinion: Graham’s moral collapse is no longer a slow drip; it's a tidal wave of unholy water gushing at the devil incarnate that is the fiery Trump, writes John Casey.

Blasphemy is coming to St. Peter’s Square as Trump tries to hijack Pope Francis’s funeral to feed his ego

Opinion:The upcoming sight of Trump at the Vatican stirs thoughts so ruinous, I’d need months in the confessional to repent, writes John Casey.

'The Francis Effect': What Pope Francis did, and couldn’t do, for the LGBTQ+ community

Opinion: Pope Francis's journey with the LGBTQ+ community embodies a tale of hope and complexity, punctuated by moments of compassion.

In his heart, I believe Pope Francis was a much stronger LGBTQ+ ally than he appeared in public

Opinion: Conservatives will likely return to rule the Catholic Church, but one unguarded moment revealed that Francis had an open mind and heart, writes John Casey.

LGBTQ+ and other leaders call Pope Francis progressive and transformative

“Pope Francis was a transformational leader who included LGBTQ people in historic ways," said Sarah Kate Ellis of GLAAD.

Pope Francis dead at 88: Looking back on his LGBTQ+ rights legacy

In recent years, Pope Francis suffered various health issues and was recently discharged from the hospital. He leaves behind a complicated legacy regarding LGBTQ+ rights in the Catholic Church.

Catholic Church appears to soften — a bit — on opposition to gender-affirming care

A high-ranking Vatican official allows that there are "exceptional situations."