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Members of World’s Oldest LGBTQ+ Catholic Group to Participate in Vatican LGBTQ+ Pilgrimage
A delegation from DignityUSA will be among the more than 1,000 people from over 30 countries participating in the first-ever Jubilee Pilgrimage for LGBTQ+ people that is recognized by the Vatican.
Dear Pope Francis
July 27, 2015
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DignityUSA
Downloada copy of this letter His Holiness Pope FrancisApostolic Palace Vatican CityDear Pope FrancisLike millions of others we are eagerly anticipating your Pastoral Visit to the United States Some of us will be among the crowds that will greet you
LGBT Catholics Call for Full Access to Marriage and Ordination in Catholic Church
July 8, 2015
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DignityUSA
Advocates for Sacramental Equality for Gays after Civil Marriage is AchievedSeattle WA Members of the leading LGBT Catholic organzation meeting in Seattle for the organizations national convention have voted to begin advocating for equal access to al
LGBT Catholics Hail Supreme Court Decision to Make Marriage Equality the Law of the U.S.
June 26, 2015
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DignityUSA
Boston the organization of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender Catholics cheered todays Supreme Courts sweeping decision that strikes down state bans on samesex marriage and makes marriage equality the law of the land throughout the USAs Catholics w
Remembering Larry Collopy
June 8, 2015
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DignityUSA
DignityBoston held a Memorial Service for longtime member Larry Collopy on Saturday Larry joined Dignity in of He belonged to the newly formed chapter of Merrimack Valley in and transferred to DignityBoston when the chapter closed Membership in Dig
News from Dignity/Washington
June 8, 2015
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DignityUSA
DignityWashington Hosted d ScholarAuthor on Human SexualityOn Saturday DignityWashington hosted its final speaker in its Lecture Series with Dr Gilles Herrada who presented on Homosexuals and the Church in the st Century How To Transcend Two Thous
Living in the Image of God
June 3, 2015
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DignityUSA
Transgender People in Pastoral and Spiritual CareBy Laura Thor MSW DMinThe middleaged clergyman seated across from me gazes at the candle between us Then his eyes find a spot on the floor and his shoulders sag I no longer rage at God for making me th
God Is in There Somewhere: A Trans Parent Story
June 3, 2015
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DignityUSA
By Mary and Michael SubkoviakAs the birth of each of our four children grew near we had selected two names one if the child was a girl another if the child was a boy So with the approaching birth of our fourth child we selected the names Kathryn and
Transgender Lives: the False Self & the Virtue of Integrity
June 3, 2015
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DignityUSA
By James and Evelyn WhiteheadThe apostle Paul was famously suspicious of the flesh I know that nothing good dwells within me that is in my flesh (Romans ) But Paul loved the body In this metaphor Paul found a visceral image of the community of faith
Conflicting Comments from Vatican Secretary of State and Irish Archbishop on Same-Sex Marriage Vote Illustrate Divide among Catholic Leadership
May 27, 2015
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DignityUSA
Boston MA The conflicting responses of two top Catholic officials to the Irish vote in favor of marriage equality illustrate the tensions surfacing among leaders in the Catholic Church according to a leading group of LGBT Catholics Cardinal Pietro Pa