Breaking News: Pope Francis has sent James Martin, S.J, the editor of Outreach, a supportive note on the eve of this weekend’s Outreach conference in New York City. #Outreach2023
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- History continues to be made in the church: a priest blesses a same-sex couple, according to the guidelines set out in "Fiducia Supplicans," in the Diocese of Lexington.
- Jason Steidl Jack, a gay Catholic who along with his husband received a blessing on Tuesday from Outreach editor @JamesMartinSJ welcomes the church’s efforts toward LGBTQ inclusion. @JasonSteidlJack
- Religious orders representing thousands of Catholic Sisters in the United States declare transgender people "beloved and cherished by God."
- Outreach congratulates its editor, @JamesMartinSJ, on his papal appointment to the upcoming Synod of Bishops. The Synod will convene at the Vatican this October.
- Breaking: Pope Francis @Pontifex has written to Fr. @JamesMartinSJ to clarify some misinterpretations surrounding his interview with @AP, from which some mistakenly concluded that he believed that being homosexual is a sin. We will publish the Holy Father's response shortly.
- In the wake of Harrison Butker's commencement address at a Catholic college, a reminder that for LGBTQ people who have been harassed, beaten and executed because of who they are, pride is not about vanity but about simple human dignity. outreach.faith/2023/05/can-ca…
- Outreach wishes all LGBTQ people, especially LGBTQ Catholics, a happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈 outreach.faith/2023/05/can-ca…
- Can Catholics celebrate Pride Month? @JamesMartinSJ says yes, that celebrating the inherent human dignity of LGBTQ people is a good thing. Read more:
- Outreach editor @JamesMartinSJ met today with Pope Francis at the Casa Santa Maria, the pontiff's home within the Vatican. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for our special coverage of the upcoming Synod on Synodality, which opens October 4.
- A group of transgender people will be among a small group chosen to offer a final farewell to Pope Francis ahead of his interment on Saturday, Vatican News reports. Read more from @MikeOLoughlin at Outreach:
- Pope Francis: Same-Gender Couples “Live the Gift of Love” and Deserve Protection: "Jesus often went out to meet people who lived on the margins, and that is what the Church should do today with people from the LGBTQ+ community..."
- Outreach founder @JamesMartinSJ, executive director @MikeOLoughlin and managing editor @corpo_ryan were honored to be invited by President Biden to the White House today for a St. Patrick’s Day brunch with Catholic leaders (@zacdayvis of @americamag is at right).
- News: Catholic Sisters and other Vowed Religious on Transgender Day of Visibility: "As members of the Body of Christ, we cannot be whole without the full inclusion of transgender, non-binary and gender expansive individuals." #TransDayOfVisibility
