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Traces of reflection

A time to wait and a time to finally be

Reflections by Barbara Anne Kozee* published on the website of the Catholic LGBT association New Ways Ministry (United States) on 20 December 2024, freely translated by Giacomo Tessaro In Father Karl Rahner's prayer “God come” the great German theologian reflects on the paradox of 'Advent: the entry into a time of liturgical waiting for a God who, in a certain sense, has already come:...

The debate in the Churches

Is something also changing in the Polish Catholic Church towards LGBT+ people?

Article by Phoebe Carstens* published on the website of the Catholic LGBT association New Ways Ministry (United States) on 12 December 2024, freely translated by Giacomo Tessaro In contrast with the usual utterances of the Polish Catholic hierarchy, always hostile towards LGBTQ people, [ the archbishop emeritus] of Warsaw, Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, declared himself open to legal protection for couples of the same...

Traces of reflection

Like Mary we also carry something precious within us

Biblical reflections of Miguel Ochoa* published on the website of the LGBT Cattolica New Ways Ministry association (United States) on December 22, 2024, freely translated by Giacomo Tessaro in today's readings we find moments of deep divine revelation, and the quiet, but powerful, revenge of those who have often been neglected and marginalized. They are steps that invite us to reflect on the truths ...

Gay Christians

I'm a queer person but also a conservative evangelical. Get over it!

Reflections* by Brandan Robertson published on the website of the Christian monthly Sojourners (United States) on February 25, 2015, freely translated by Giacomo Tessaro Last February 21 [2015] Time.com broke the news that my evangelical publishing house, Destiny Image, terminated the contract stipulated with me almost a year ago because [the evangelical bookstores] its customers refused...

What does the Bible say?

What does the Bible say about homosexuality?

Article by Myles Markham* published on the website of the LGBT Human Rights Campaign association (United States), freely translated by Giacomo Tessaro Behind the statements according to which the Bible clearly says that "homosexuality is forbidden by God" hide a lack of knowledge of Bible itself and many cultural prejudices. Introduction Over the past twenty years the Pew Research Center consistently finds that one of the issues...