A gay journalist is the first executive director of the relatively new LGBTQ Catholic ministry Outreach. Michael O'Loughlin, 38, had been a national correspondent for America Media: The Jesuit Review ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Aaron Bianco, a gay Catholic man who was once ousted from his LGBTQ ministry in San Diego, is reflecting on his profound meeting with the late Pope Francis several years ago. In ...

Advocates for the LGBTQ+ community praised Pope Francis for his outreach and credited him with moving the Catholic Church away from condemnation and towards tolerance and embrace. Now, the outlook is ...

With those five words, Pope Francis signaled that his papacy was going to be different from his predecessors', especially when it came to LGBTQ issues. In 2013, the pope was barely a few months into ...

Pope Francis meets with New Ways Ministry staff at the Vatican, October 17, 2023. Left to Right: Matthew Myers, Francis DeBernardo, Pope Francis, Sister Jeannine Gramick, Robert Shine. New Ways ...

In his new memoir, Coming Out and Coming Home, Stan JR Zerkowski writes about how he never intended to be a national spokesperson for LGBTQ Roman Catholics. But Zerkowski said that for us all, "There ...

Pope Francis has said that he is “united in prayer,” with LGBTQ Catholics, their friends, families, pastors, and the organizers of an ongoing conference in the United States. In a handwritten note to ...

On a special episode (first released on June 12, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: The Roman Catholic Church hasn’t been known for its inclusive stance with the LGBTQ+ community historically. But over the ...

They call us the "sleeping giant," in reference to the great potential in our awakening. The labels used to refer to us have changed over time: Hispanic, Latinos, Latinx, Latine. Regardless of the ...

About three weeks ago, Stan “JR” Zerkowski got a call from a CBS Evening News producer. It was shortly after the death of Pope Francis, and they were looking for people to talk about his legacy — ...

Two Catholic parents have asked the Archdiocese of Denver to drop a lawsuit against the state over LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination protections in Colorado’s universal pre-K program. The couple have a child ...