Vatican welcomes straight-acting, celibate gay priests in training...for now
The church also declares LGBTQ+ folks exist "in a situation that seriously hinders a correct relationship with men and women."
January 14, 2025
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Historic Vatican gathering punts on LGBTQ+ issues
The Synod of Synodality was supposed to decide important doctrinal issues but instead upset most, observers say.
October 28, 2024
Vatican's tolerance of gay priests moves toward strict oversight
For more than four decades the Roman Catholic Church has followed its rules concerning gay priests while recognizing the reality of their presence. But the Vatican--as far back as 1961--has made it clear they are not wanted.
October 14, 2005
Here's What the Pope Says About Same-Sex Marriage
In rejecting marriage equality, the pope said the Church also had to show love and understanding towards all.
October 6, 2015
Vatican Priest Comes Out, Promptly Fired
Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa "realised that offering gay believers total abstinence from a life of love is inhuman."
October 3, 2015
Catholic Bishops to Discuss Gay Unions, Family Life
At a meeting in Rome this fall, Catholic leaders will consider the church's teachings on a range of family issues.
April 30, 2014
Suspended Vatican Official Insists He Was Only Pretending to Be Gay
A Vatican official suspended after being caught on hidden camera making advances to a young man says he is not gay and was only pretending to be gay as part of his work. In an interview published Sunday, Monsignor Tommaso Stenico told La Repubblica daily he frequented online https://www.gay.com/chatgay chat rooms and met with gay men as part of his work as a psychoanalyst.
October 16, 2007
Vatican Buys Property Including Europe's Biggest Gay Spa
The Vatican paid about $30 million for the property, to house about 19 Catholic priests and church leaders.
March 12, 2013
Vatican adds event for LGBTQ+ Catholics to Holy Year calendar
An Italian association for LGBTQ+ Christians has announced that it will perform a pilgrimage in September, marking one of the hundreds of events in next year's Jubilee.
December 11, 2024
Pope Francis uses homophobic slur about gay priests — again
Sources present at a closed-door meeting said the pope used the slur during a discussion in which he warned against admitting gay men into the priesthood.
June 12, 2024
Pope Met With Kim Davis, Say Her Lawyers
The pontiff reportedly encouraged the antigay clerk to 'stay strong.' Lawyers for Kim Davis have released a photo of the rosary beads they say Pope Francis gave her.
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September 29, 2015
Catholic Couple Urge Church to Welcome Gays — But Will Anything Change?
At the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, a long-married Australian couple call for greater acceptance of gays -- but bishops and observers don't look for doctrine to change.
October 7, 2014
Pope Francis: LGBTQ+ People Welcome But Have to Obey Church Rules
"There are laws that regulate life inside the church," the pope said after giving an inclusive message at the World Youth Day gathering.
August 7, 2023
Pope: Christian Family, Marriage Under Attack
Without specifically mentioning LGBT people, the pontiff strikes a less conciliatory tone than he has in the past with regard to nontraditional families.
October 28, 2014
'God's Not Afraid of New Things,' Pope Tells Antigay Bishops
The pope isn't taking the roll-back of language that would have made the Catholic Church more welcoming to LGBTs, the divorced, and unmarried couples as a defeat.
October 19, 2014
Vatican Official Mocks 'Bathroom Bills' at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
The Cardinal condemned homosexuality and transgender bathroom accommodations before religious leaders and congregants.
May 18, 2016
LGBTQI People Blamed, Defended at Vatican Sex Abuse Summit
Amid the latest scandal, Catholic powerbrokers are being pulled in different directions. But there could be a way forward.
March 1, 2019
How the Kim Davis-Pope Francis Meeting Came to Be
The secret meeting in Washington between the antigay Kentucky clerk and the leader of the Roman Catholic Church was carefully planned, says Davis's attorney.
October 1, 2015
Meet the Married Gay Activist Who'll Talk to Pope Francis
Simon Cazal of Paraguay will be the first married gay activist to have a public meeting with the pope -- and he's being hopeful but realistic about what may come of it.
June 25, 2015