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Rainbow flags fly alongside the U.S. flag outside the U.S. Embassy to Italy in Rome June 16. A prayer service was held nearby at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in remembrance of the victims of the Orlando, Fla., terrorist attack (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
Arts & Culture
Books
Sep 04, 2017 issue
"Building a Bridge" by Father James Martin seeks respect between church and LGBT community
Nicholas P. Cafardi
Father James Martin's new books talks clearly and openly about an issue that daunts and taunts our church.
James Martin, S.J. (Photo: Dan Creighton, Fordham University)
FaithBooks
Stepping out onto the bridge: Father James Martin responds to conversation surrounding his L.G.B.T. book
Even negative reactions are part of the conversation that I hoped the book would generate about L.G.B.T. Catholics.
A woman cries while visiting the memorial outside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., June 12, the one year anniversary of the mass shooting. The Diocese of Orlando broadcast via Facebook Live a prayer service attended by clergy of various faiths to remember the 49 who died June 12, 2016, during the largest mass shooting by a single gunman in the country's history. (CNS photo/Scott Audette, Reuters)
Faith
Jesuitical
Father James Martin: L.G.B.T. Catholics have been treated like dirt. We can do better.
Ashley McKinless
How can we change the conversation between the hierarchy and LGBT Catholics?
The leader of the Liberal Democrats Party, Tim Farron, speaks at the launch of the party’s general election campaign in Kingston-Upon-Thames, Britain, on May 1, 2017. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Peter Nicholls
Politics & SocietyNews
Is there room for British Christians in UK politics?
Concern is growing among British Christians about their place in the country’s public life after Tim Farron, leader of the Liberal Democrats, resigned over his religious beliefs.
MagazineYour Take
The Letters

Love Chooses Life

Politics & SocietyIn All Things
A year after Orlando shooting, Catholic mother uses advocacy to honor slain son
Maria Wright lost her son, 31-year-old Jerald A. Wright, during the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting.
MagazineYour Take
The Letters
As a pro-life Democrat, I think the Democratic Party could become strong again if it would not insist that all the people who call themselves Democrats be pro-choice without exception.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence addresses a July 16, 2016 news conference in New York where he was introduced as the vice presidential running mate of Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump (CNS photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters).
Politics & SocietyNews
Students plan to protest Mike Pence's Notre Dame commencement address
The protest is not designed to shut down conversation, but to prompt reflection on policies championed by Mr. Pence.
Saffron Edwards, 15, holds up a rainbow-colored umbrella during a student walkout at Dowling Catholic High School in Des Moines, Iowa. Students, alumni and supporters were protesting the school’s decision not to hire a gay teacher in April 2015. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Michael Zamora)
FaithDispatches
U.S. church wrestles with changing attitudes, pastoral practice toward L.G.B.T. Catholics
Despite shifting views among average Catholics, advocates for L.G.B.T. people say the church can still feel unwelcoming. Church teaching that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered” has not changed.
FaithExplainer
A history of the friction between the Girl Scouts and the Catholic Church
Despite recent criticism, the Girl Scouts boasts of its relationship with the Catholic Church on its website.