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Stonewall Pride Mass draws Catholics for message of faith, inclusion, hopeWorshippers pray at a Pride Mass organized by Out at St. Paul's, the LGBTQ+ ministry of St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan, at the Stonewall National Monument in Christopher Park in New York, steps away from the Stonewall Inn, June 25, 2026.Surrounded by rainbow flags and packed shoulder to shoulder with more than 150 worshippers, Christopher Park in New York's Greenwich Village became an open-air sanctuary at the start of New York's Pride weekend. Catholics, allies and visitors gathered for the 2026 Annual Pride Mass on June 25 at the...

[Catholic Caucus] From the Church of the Twilight ZoneYou know you're in the Twilight Zone of Catholicism when:A German priest, with full approval of the diocese, holds a "queer Mass" publicly broadcast and not a peep or rebuke comes from the Vatican in correction. Meanwhile the attack on the Traditional Latin Mass and all things traditional get the hobnailed boot!The priest wears a rainbow flag stole.The paschal candle celebrates not Christ the King but LGBTQ pride.The lights in the church, glorify, not God, but the LGBTQ lifestyle.Rorate Caeli reported:German public broadcaster ZDF has for decades presented Sunday "divine services": Evangelical...

[Catholic Caucus] New York Catholic parish to celebrate ‘LGBT Mass’ during city’s ‘Pride Weekend’New York’s St. Francis of Assisi parish continues its annual liturgy celebrating ‘Pride Month,’ despite Church doctrine condemning homosexual acts as intrinsically disordered.St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Manhattan plans to celebrate its annual “United In Love Pre-Pride Festive Mass” at the end of the month to coincide with the city’s LGBT events commemorating “WorldPride” weekend.On June 28, the parish will celebrate the “Pride Mass” to commemorate “the start of ‘Pride weekend’ with a joyful liturgy affirming God’s love for all,” per the parish events calendar....

Police Eject Catholic from Mass at Sydney ChurchWorld Pride is currently taking place in Sydney, Australia. As part of the event, a Mass was organised at a Catholic church in Glebe. The event was advertised as a ‘Thanksgiving Mass, for the gift of LGBTIQA+ folk in the church and in the world’. Footage has now emerged of a Catholic being ejected from the Mass by police, who were called over apparent ‘safety’ and ‘security’ concerns. The video shows a Catholic man claiming that he had been ‘stereotyped’ as police asked him to leave the event. A well known transgender Anglican...