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New Vatican Confab on ‘Complementarity’ in Marriage Before the dust had settled from the Catholic bishops’ synod on the family, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith announced that it will be…

Apple CEO Tim Cook, who heads what is certainly one of the most visible global corporations, came out as gay this week. His statement included a phrase that brought joy to LGBT religious activists: “I…

[ Image above from HBO’s “Hunted,” a new documentary on LGBT persecution in Russia.] LGBT News in the U.S. was dominated this week by the Supreme Court’s decision, announced on Monday, not to hear…

American Evangelicals Attend Anti-Gay Summit in Moscow We noted last week that the World Congress of Families’ planned summit seemed to be going ahead generally as planned, though without the official…

This week’s global LGBT recap again highlights vast differences in legal status for LGBT people, and in the role played by religious leaders in advancing equality or advocating discrimination – or…

It was as if the congregation was asking for a divorce. They blamed the separation on a wide range of factors and feelings, but ultimately the facts were clear: the congregation was no longer in love with the PCUSA. Whatever embers of mutual love once burned were now long extinguished.

At last. The Church of England’s General Synod has voted to allow women bishops. A disastrous failure to do so in 2012 preceded Rowan Williams’s departure as Archbishop, and led to huge public and…

The Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu, said that Monday’s decision to permit female bishops in the Church of England was “a moment of joy,” but that: there will be those within our body who will be…

Recently, well meaning Episcopal clergy and lay leaders have been urging the church to “extend the sacrament of marriage” to lesbian and gay Episcopalians, moving beyond the blessing of same-sex…

This week’s recap includes evidence of ongoing struggles over LGBT equality within Europe and between Europe and non-European countries, as well as the fraught intersections in many countries between…