Catholic Association of Students for Equality (CASE)

From all of us to all of you, Merry Christmas!

Let us rejoice and be glad, our Savior is born. A model advocate for peace, for justice, and for EQUALITY

Loving and serving one another is loving and serving God. Great news from Rome today!

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1404717.htm

Vatican public restrooms to include showers for the homeless

Though the change we need to see from ours, the Universal Church, is still a long way away, this is a monumental step forward for everyone. Praise be God.

A Stunning Change Today the Synod of Bishops issued a document that represents a stunning change in the way that the Catholic church speaks about the LBGT community. The Synod said that gay people have "gifts and

http://www.change.org/petitions/cardinal-sean-o-malley-support-responsible-family-planning-with-artificial-contraceptives #

Cardinal Sean O'Malley: Support Responsible Family Planning with Artificial Contraceptives As laity of the church, we are members of the body of Christ. “For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body,...

A look into the man behind the headlines: America Magazine's interview with Pope Francis. http://www.americamagazine.org/pope-interview

A Big Heart Open to God Editor’s Note: This interview with Pope Francis took place over the course of three meetings during August 2013 in Rome. The interview was conducted in person by Antonio Spadaro, S.J., editor in

An INCREDIBLE read
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/world/europe/pope-bluntly-faults-churchs-focus-on-g**s-and-abortion.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Pope Bluntly Faults Church’s Focus on G**s and Abortion “We have to find a new balance,” Pope Francis said in the first extensive interview of his papacy, in which he sought to set a new tone for the church.

Its important that all groups privileged enough to have their group recognized be sure to recognize all members of their school's LGBTQ community

http://www.thehoya.com/news/gu-pride-adds-trans-representative-1.3060937 #.UjMBW6nZ8ac

GU Pride Adds Trans* Representative GU Pride’s board will now include a representative for gender non-conforming students, a position formerly absent from the group.

If this is confirmed, it could continue to signal a potential change in the church.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/06/pope-francis-supports-french-gay-man_n_3878617.html?just_reloaded=1

'Your Homosexuality. It Doesn't Matter' Pope Francis has reportedly called a young gay Catholic man in France to reassure him about his sexuality. Christophe Trutino had written to the Pope to emotionally explain his inner turmoil in reconciling his sexuality with his faith, explaining how he was terrified he was going to hell for being g...

http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/ACCESS-final-rev-aug-2013.pdf

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/06/20/russia-mp-calls-for-law-allowing-g**s-to-be-whipped-in-public-squares/

Russia: MP calls for law allowing g**s to be whipped in public squares Russian MP Alexander Mikhailov has reportedly called for the right of marines to whip gay people in public.

How Georgetown Became a Gay-Friendly Campus The gay-rights movement is being felt at many of the nation’s Catholic colleges and universities, perhaps nowhere as visibly as at Georgetown, the country’s oldest Catholic university.

Great article done about the atmosphere surrounding LGBT students and organizations on Catholic campuses, a few of the CASE schools are cited too! Take a look! http://religionandpolitics.org/2013/06/18/being-gay-at-a-catholic-university/