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In reversal, Catholic Church backs ‘Kill the Gays’ bill?
[Editor's note from November 2012: In the months since this report appeared, the Roman Catholic Church in Uganda has not publicly backed the "Kill the Gays" bill, nor denounced it. That leaves unclear...
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Refugee aid groups stumble when faced with LGBTs
“Word cloud” based on the mission statements of surveyed NGOs. The size of each word indicates the frequency it occurs in all mission statements. (Photo courtesy of Indiana University) Many refugee...
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Blaming gay sex, rather than homophobia, for AIDS
First of two posts on Roman Catholic responses to issues of HIV and LGBT rights in Uganda and elsewhere. Stefano Gennarini of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute Catholics are divided in...
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Catholic former ambassador defends LGBTs in Uganda
Second of two posts on Roman Catholic responses to issues of HIV and LGBT rights in Uganda and elsewhere. Thomas Patrick Melady (Photo courtesy of Institute of World Politics) Religious opposition to...
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Uganda’s anti-gay bill dead for now, but likely in 2013
Pope Benedict XVI greets Rebecca Kadaga, speaker of the Ugandan parliament. The Ugandan parliament has adjourned for the year, taking no action on the dreadful Anti-Homosexuality Bill that the...
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In brief: Abu Dhabi worry, Uganda priest, medical video
Recap of recent news: NYU’s campus in Abu Dhabi NYU students unsafe at Abu Dhabi campus? John Sexton, president of the prestigious New York University NYU, was asked by the United Arab Emirates, gay...
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Signs of Caribbean progress for Catholics, LGBT rights
Location of Dominica in the Caribbean (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Congrats to the new Dominican LGBT group Minority Rights Dominica (MiriDom) and their leader, Daryl Philip, for continuing a robust...
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Jamaica: Evicted, gay man aims to overturn buggery law
Javed Jagahi Last year, Javed Jaghai, a young gay Jamaican, was evicted from his home by his landlady when she discovered his sexual orientation. The landlady alleged that Javed’s homosexuality meant...
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Jamaica: Archbishop ducks question on sodomy law
Archbishop Charles Dufour of Kingston, Jamaica. (Photo courtesy of the Antilles Episcopal Conference) Several of Jamaica’s churches have voiced very vocal opposition to the case brought by Javed Jaghai...
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Archbishop tells Kenya: Gays deserve respect
Archbishop Charles D. Balvo, papal representative to Kenya Kenyans should not discriminate against homosexuals, should be respectful to them, and should grant them dignity and human rights, says...
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Pope’s message for anti-gay Catholics: Accept gays
Pope Francis In an interview today, Pope Francis spoke graciously about how the Roman Catholic Church should treat LGBT people. Will Catholics in the 76-plus countries that imprison people for...
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Roman Catholic leaders in India support LGBT rights
Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) The compassion and acceptance that Pope Francis has expressed for LGBT people has spread to India, as evidenced in Roman Catholic...
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Pleas for justice and health in gay-bashing Cameroon
A team of African and American activists traveled last month to homophobic Cameroon to plead for tolerance, justice and improved health care for LGBT people and others. They raised their voices at a...
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Ugandan priest: 10 reasons to repeal anti-gay law
Fr. Anthony Musaala (Photo courtesy of Monitor.co.ug) The Rev. Anthony Musaala, a Ugandan priest who offers pastoral ministry to displaced sexual minorities in various countries, submitted the...
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Mixed reception for Vatican’s positive view of LGBTI people
Pope Francis (Photo courtesy of Sourcefed.com) LGBTI rights activists welcomed today’s Roman Catholic Church statement that expressed recognition of positive aspects of LGBTI people and same-sex...
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3 ways to tell if Catholics are serious about welcoming gays
Pope Francis opens the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family with a mass. The Roman Catholic Church is showing signs that it might accept LGBTI people as no better and no worse than anyone else....
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Ugandan priest won’t be seeing the Pope
Pope Francis (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Pope Francis will visit Uganda during his trip to Africa on Nov. 27 – 29. It is his first visit to Africa following his visits earlier this year to...
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Rainbow Catholics to Pope: Preach love of gay neighbors
A newly formed coalition of LGBTI Catholics is urging Pope Francis to speak out against faith-based homophobia during his current trip to Africa. The Rainbow Catholic Network of Africa issued this...
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Comment: Pope should speak when bishops cause suffering
Pope Francis should appeal to anti-LGBT African Catholics to love their LGBT neighbors, says Bondings 2.0, a publication of New Ways Ministry, which seeks reconciliation for LGBT Catholics. The...
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Shameful: Anti-LGBT denials by bishops, Ghana leader
Cardinal Theodore Sarr (Photo courtesy of Ghana Web) Christianity is, and remains, a foreign addition to African culture and, in truth, does not honestly reflect Africa’s organic image. We all know how...
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