• News Wrap: Deadly storms rip through Kentucky and Missouri

    News Wrap: Deadly storms rip through Kentucky and Missouri

    May 17, 2025 09:45 PM EST

    ... Washington, D.C., this year's host community. The biannual celebration is being held against the backdrop of the Trump administration's moves against the LGBTQ community. On the National Mall, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups unveiled a massive collection of quilts. The panels were handmade by ...

  • What would help families have more babies? Here's what readers said

    What would help families have more babies? Here's what readers said

    May 16, 2025 08:53 PM EST

    ... care, having their identities invalidated or being physically harmed. “I would want my kids to grow up to be adults,” they said. WATCH: Study finds LGBTQ+ youth mental health suffering in states with anti-trans laws Sydney Mecheau, 23, said she worries about a host of issues, including the cost ...

  • Pope Leo XIV says family is 'between a man and a woman' and asserts the dignity of the unborn

    Pope Leo XIV says family is 'between a man and a woman' and asserts the dignity of the unborn

    May 16, 2025 04:22 PM EST

    ... strongly reaffirmed core Catholic teaching opposing abortion and euthanasia, saying they were evidence of today’s “throwaway culture.” But he also made reaching out to LGBTQ+ Catholics a hallmark, insisting they are welcome in the church. He never changed church doctrine defining marriage as a union between man and woman ...

  • Ohio students face changes on campus as new state law rolls back diversity initiatives

    Ohio students face changes on campus as new state law rolls back diversity initiatives

    May 13, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    ... Brangham: Two of those marchers were junior Audrey Ansel and senior Mia Walsh. Both work at the Pride Center on campus, a center to support LGBTQ students. It, along with the school's Multicultural Center and the Women's Center, will be required to close under the new law. Mia ...

  • Conservatives are cautiously hopeful that Pope Leo XIV will restore rigor to the papacy

    Conservatives are cautiously hopeful that Pope Leo XIV will restore rigor to the papacy

    May 12, 2025 09:03 PM EST

    ... seeing in his first words a continuation of Francis’ priorities to build bridges. The buzzwords signal to some a pope who reaches out to the LGBTQ+ community and people of other faiths. But to others, it is the literal meaning of “pontifex” and a sign of internal bridge-building to ...

  • ‘Memories of Love Returned’ brings Ugandan photographer’s work to life

    ‘Memories of Love Returned’ brings Ugandan photographer’s work to life

    May 10, 2025 09:30 PM EST

    And now, of course, Uganda has its own controversy with anti LGBTQ laws in effect there. So what does it mean to have these particular periods in Ugandan history come to life again in this way? Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine: What's remarkable is Kibaate's work covered the Everyman ...

  • Pope Leo XIV selected as first American to lead Catholic Church

    Pope Leo XIV selected as first American to lead Catholic Church

    May 08, 2025 10:55 PM EST

    ... Francis. Geoff Bennett: The election of the new pope comes at a delicate time for the Catholic Church, as it navigates lingering sex abuse scandals, internal divisions over LGBTQ inclusivity, and financial difficulties. But, today, Rome and the world celebrates Pope Leo XIV and the historic nature of the moment.

  • What Pope Leo XIV's election means for the future of the church and Catholics worldwide

    What Pope Leo XIV's election means for the future of the church and Catholics worldwide

    May 08, 2025 10:53 PM EST

    ... Nawaz: Father Reese, when it comes to some of the other divisive issues the church has grappled with, things like birth control and divorce and LGBTQ rights, do you see this pope moving further towards the progressive side, as his predecessor, Pope Francis, did? Rev. Thomas Reese: Well, Pope Francis ...

  • Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope elected in 1st conclave vote

    Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope elected in 1st conclave vote

    May 07, 2025 07:10 PM EST

    ... new popeMany challenges await the new pope and weigh on the cardinals — above all whether to continue and consolidate Francis’ progressive legacy on promoting women, LGBTQ+ acceptance, the environment and migrants, or roll it back to try to unify a church that became more polarized during his pontificate. The clergy ...

  • Before secret voting begins, senior cardinal urges conclave to pick a pope who prizes unity

    Before secret voting begins, senior cardinal urges conclave to pick a pope who prizes unity

    May 07, 2025 02:15 PM EST

    ... pope Many challenges face the new pope and weigh on the cardinals — above all whether to continue and consolidate Francis’ progressive legacy on promoting women, LGBTQ+ acceptance, the environment and migrants, or roll it back to try to unify a church that became more polarized during his pontificate. The clergy ...