For three days, LGBTQ Catholics, clergy, religious, family members and others walked through New York City as pilgrims, tracing a history marked by suffering, ministry, exclusion and perseverance.

Outreach gathered 35 pilgrims to journey through the LGBTQ Catholic history of Manhattan, especially during the HIV/AIDS crisis.

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From America s issue of Oct 1 2001 On Sept 13 two days after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center I made my way to one of the emergency trauma centers in Manhattan It had been hastily set up...

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, LGBTQ Catholic minister Ariell Watson Simon reflects on Mychal Judge’s life as a gay Franciscan priest and the courage and compassion that shaped his ministry.

On today’s episode, writer Fr. James Martin joins Virginia and Germán. As a Catholic, growing up online meant that the dividing line between “conservative” and “liberal” Catholics was an...

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Ten Italian bishops and many priests gathered in Rome for a major national conference on pastoral ministry with LGBTQ people on September 4th, 2026.

Cardinal Domenico Battaglia, Archbishop of Naples, calls the church to listen to, meet and accompany transgender people, stating that “before ideas, there are people.”

Dolly Parton, love and holiness

In this reflection, Eros Shaw traces the growth of China’s LGBTQ Catholic community over the last decade.

James Martin talks about his path to the priesthood, as well as the first American pope.

An excerpt from "Work in Progress"

The newest book by James Martin, S.J., inspires us to ask: Do you believe that Jesus can give you new life?

A summertime excerpt from "Work in Progress"

James Martin, S.J., reflects on a recent paper from the McGrath Institute for Church Life on seminary formation and priestly ordination, asking whether celibate gay men should be ordained.

James Martin, S.J., reflects on a recent paper from the McGrath Institute for Church Life on seminary formation and priestly ordination, asking whether celibate gay men should be ordained.

In the summer of 1976, the U.S. Bicentennial was omnipresent, especially if you lived in or near Philadelphia. And if you were in high school, it was inescapable.

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“I did not know Pope Francis as well as many others did. Certainly not as well as some mutual friends who had known him since his days as the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Nor did I know him as well as ...

Full text of Father James Martin, S.J.'s homily from the Mass on July 19th at the 2026 Outreach conference, in Dahlgren Chapel at Georgetown University.

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The full text of Cardinal Robert McElroy's homily from the Vigil Mass on June 20th, 2026 at Gaston Hall of Georgetown University for the Outreach 2026 Conference.

For our small town, the Bicentennial Wagon Train was a big deal. It would be a cavalcade of horse-drawn covered wagons originating in California, Washington, Nevada, Montana, Colorado, and other state...

Desire and longing are some of the main ways that God draws us closer. “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you, O Lord,” as St. Augustine wrote. How else would God draw us closer than by awake...