Research Guides: Catholic Social Teaching Research Guide: Special Topics: LGBT

Faith & Justice Reading Group Selection

Building a Bridge by James Martin
Call Number: 282.08664 M381b 2018
Father Martin turns to three virtues from the Catechism of the Catholic Church--"respect, compassion, and sensitivity"--as a model for how both the Catholic leadership and LGBT Catholics can move together on a "two-way bridge" toward reconciliation and love.

Human Life & Dignity: Homosexuality
"The Church seeks to enable every person to live out the universal call to holiness. Persons with a homosexual inclination ought to receive every aid and encouragement to embrace this call personally and fully. This will unavoidably involve much struggle and self-mastery, for following Jesus always means following the way of the Cross.... The Sacraments of the Eucharist and of Penance are essential sources of consolation and aid on this path."
- USCCB, Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination (2006), p. 13

Articles & Videos on Homosexuality
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