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Quest Gay Catholic Group Issues Xmas Wishes

Posted on 27 Dec 2020 in Religion

Quest, a long standing support group for LGBTQ+ Roman Catholics, have issued their annual Christmas Greeting, which refers to the darkness of the Pandemic, but also echoes the words of senior Catholic Cardinals in the UK who spoke to BBC Radio 4 about acts of selflessness and heroism shining a light in the dark times of the global Covid Pandemic. Says the Quest Group: !There is light in the darkness. The Christ child. Staying connected to one another and to our sustaining faith at the end of this most challenging year.

Christmas Greetings to LGBTQ Christians

Posted on 25 Dec 2020 in Religion

It's Christmas! As Noddy Holder shouts at the climax of “Merry Xmas Everybody”, Slade's 1973 single which is commonly considered one of the most successful festive records of all time.

Winter Solstice Brings Cheer as Year Turns

Posted on 22 Dec 2020 in Religion

As the earth completes its annual journey round the sun, and the least sunlight falls on the Northern Hemisphere, so it is Winter Solstice here in Europe and North America.

Happy Hanukkah to LGBTQ Jewish People!

Posted on 8 Dec 2020 in Religion

The Dutch expatriot station Radio 4 Brainport reminds us this week that Hanukkah begins. Indeed, its first evening is commencing as our show goes to air, on Thursday 10th December.

RE Reforms Will Benefit Humanists and Pagans

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 in Religion

Jennifer Uzzell, writing for a new blog post by the Pagan Federation, says that the Commission On Religious Education has recommended an overhaul of the previous School Religious Education requirements and gives space for many more LGBTQ friendly faiths and pract

Nov

Liberal Judaism Adds Tributes to Former Rabbi

Liberal Judaism, the movement for progressive Jews and a place where many LGBTQ Jewish people have made their spiritual home, was amongst those groups paying tribute to the former

Nov

LGBTQ Hindus Mark Diwali Over 5 Nights

Tonight marks the start of the five day Festival of Lights or Diwali.

Oct

Much Loved Pastor Passes on at 102

Tonight, LGBTQ Christians and their allies from all faiths and none, are remembering the life and activism of Chester Wenger, who was a pastor within the highly conservative Mennonite Church in the

Oct

Liberating Oneself from Fundamentalism - Blog

Queerty, which is a leading LGBTQ news and features blog from the United States reports on the case of Nikole Mitchell, a Minnesota based former evangelical Christian who rose thro

Sep

Far Right "Misuse" Emblems Say Many Pagans

The UK's dedicated pagan radio station, Wyldwood Radio, which has now been broadcasting over the web for nearly ten years, has joined other pagan organisations in issuing a declara