October is LGBTQ History Month, a critical time to reflect on the history of our own communities. Four years ago, I founded the Queer and Catholic Oral History Project and have so far collected over ...

James Martin, S.J., explains Catholic teaching on LGBTQ people, from Scripture and the Catechism to human dignity, pastoral care and God’s love.

Outreach asked some of the world’s leading Catholic theologians and scholars to reflect on the import of the work of Study Group 9: what it means for the church and for LGBTQ Catholics. We hope this ...

“Por lo tanto, la dignidad fundamental de cada persona no se adquiere, no debe ganarse ni necesita ser demostrada.” -Carta Encíclica “Magnifica Humanitas” “Salí del clóset” en 1992, en Washington D.C.

The question arises every few years, whether in response to a new survey, a church document, a comment from a pope or bishop, a well-known priest leaving the priesthood and declaring his homosexuality ...

The following is the text of a homily delivered by Cardinal Robert McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., at the Outreach conference at Georgetown University on June 20, 2026. The text has been ...

Editor’s note: On May 16, 2026 at the Parish of Santa Maria Stella in Albano Laziale, Italy, a diocesan prayer service was held with the LGBTQ community for the intention of overcoming homophobia and ...

This essay appears in the forthcoming French volume Homos Et Cathos: L’Église à l’épreuve du réel (Gays and Catholics: The Church Put to the Test of Reality), published by Desclée De Brouwer. Read in ...

In its final report, released yesterday, Study Group 9, tasked by the Synod of Bishops with looking at “emerging issues,” proposed new questions about the church’s approach to homosexuality and gay ...

Outreach asked some of the world’s leading Catholic theologians and scholars to reflect on the import of the work of Study Group 9: what it means for the church and for LGBTQ Catholics. We hope this ...

After Renee Good was gunned down by an ICE agent on the streets of Minneapolis, a good number of her fellow citizens were shocked and appalled by what they saw in videos of the incident replayed over ...