The federal bill would also require the U.S. attorney general to produce an annual report on prosecutions in federal court for crimes committed against L.G.B.T. people “that were motivated by the victim’s gender, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation.”

Michael Arceneaux has stopped going to church. But he hasn’t given up on God just yet.

Where does this extreme hatred of gay priests come from? It comes from fear.

Para Jesús, es la comunidad primero, la conversión después. La bienvenida y el respeto vienen primero.

Pope Francis said that he trusted people to make their own judgment on Archbishop Viganò's letter and that parents of gay children should "dialogue, understand, make room for that son or daughter."

At the World Meeting of Families, Father Martin said LGBT people should be invited into parish ministries as "eucharistic ministers, music ministers, lectors, bereavement ministry, and every ministry."