Jason Steidl Jack

Jason Steidl Jack is an assistant teaching professor of religious studies at St. Joseph's University New York and the author of LGBTQ Catholic Ministry: Past and Present.

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Pax Nidorf (Courtesy of Pat McArron)

Remembering revolutionary Pax Nidorf, who founded LGBT ministry DignityUSA

Appreciation: As a psychologist, then-Fr. Pat Nidorf recognized the limits of the church's approach to homosexuality and he began a group in 1970, "to bring dignity into the spiritual and social lives of some very special people."

Pope Francis leads his general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Nov. 4. The weekly papal audience returned to being closed to the public as COVID-19 cases increase in Italy. (CNS/Vatican Media)

The dangers of sensationalizing Pope Francis on LGBTQ issues

Commentary: When we only talk about the pope, we forget about the struggles that grassroots LGBTQ Catholics face showing up to Mass every Sunday.

Daniel Vaca's history details evangelicalism's rise through the power of its book presses

Book review: The histories of evangelical publishing companies include lives of leaders who held on to what they believed was a divine mandate to evangelize as they navigated the twists and turns of U.S. commerce.

Evangelical women do balancing act in public life

Book Review: The author uncovers the multiform world of evangelical celebrity as a precarious, high-stakes game that rewards women who abide by its rules and punishes those who do not. 

The interior of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan, New York (Wikimedia Commons/Paulo JC Nogueira)

LGBTQ Catholics have great reasons for hope at the grassroots

Commentary: You're in, then you're out, and the whiplash between news cycles leaves me reeling. What is the state of LGBTQ ministry in our church, and how can we become better advocates for ourselves?

The wounded body of Christ: a response to Carroll's critics

Commentary: The Atlantic recently published James Carroll's "Abolish the Priesthood," a critique of clericalism. Beyond the article's headline, Carroll proposed ways that Catholics could reimagine tradition; he offered hope. Sadly, the piece brought together condemnations from both the Catholic right and left.

 

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