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"Let us try to be a church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent. The ones who quit sometimes do it for reasons, that if properly understood and assessed, can lead to a return. But that takes audacity and courage."

— Pope Francis, in "A Big Heart Open to God," America magazine, 9/30/13

LGBTQ blessings service kicks off Pride month for Catholics, 6/2/21
Add your blessing for LGBTQI people to ours for Pride Month, 5/7/21
Commentary: Catholic bishops opposed a suicide prevention hotline. Why? 5/6/21
Scholars’ New Report Seeks to End “Cruel and False Teachings” on Homosexuality, 5/6/21
Families with Dignity statement on Vatican ruling that priests cannot bless same-sex unions, 3/18/21
Vatican document: Responsum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to a dubium regarding the blessing of the unions of persons of the same sex, 3/15/21
A Catholic Blessing for Same-Gender Couples, 3/16/21
Vatican says yes to gay people, no to blessing gay unions, 3/17/21
New Ways Ministry Calls Vatican’s Ban on Blessing Same-Gender Couples An Impotent Decision, 3/15/21
Vatican Statement Denying Blessings to Same-Sex Couples “Exacerbates Pain and Anger” for Gay Catholics says DignityUSA, 3/15/21
"Your child may need you and the family now more than ever. He or she is still the same person. This child, who has always been God's gift to you, may now be the cause of another gift: your family becoming more honest, respectful, and supportive. Yes, your love can be tested by this reality, but it can also grow stronger through your struggle to respond lovingly.

"Love is the continuing story of every family's life. Love can be shared, nurtured, rejected, and sometimes lost. To follow Christ's way of love is the challenge before every family today. Your family now has an added opportunity to share love and to accept love. Our church communities are likewise called to an exemplary standard of love and justice."

— Always Our Children, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1997