Talk:Pastoral care for LGBT Catholics

Orphaned references in Pastoral care for gay Catholics
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Pastoral care for gay Catholics's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Coleridge": From Catholic Church and homosexuality:  From Mark Coleridge:  

Reference named "letter": From Catholic Church and homosexuality: 25/26 November 2014 From Fourteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops:  

Reference named "Consensus": From Homosexuality and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:  From Catholic Church and homosexuality: </li> </ul>

Reference named "Advocate":<ul> <li>From LGBT in Islam: </li> <li>From Catholic Church and homosexuality: </li> <li>From Courage International: </li> </ul>

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 09:58, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Beautiful
Reading this article it's just so beautiful about how kind the Catholic church is to gay men and women - I feel so warm inside. I hardly recognise it from reality. Contaldo80 (talk) 15:08, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

USA
The material in this article is mostly from the USA. I've restructured it to make it clear. One concern I have is that it has lots of life-affirming material about how pastoral care for gay catholics is great. But it doesn't have any to show that pastoral care for gay catolics isn't always that great - and so is giving a very distorted picture. Contaldo80 (talk) 09:43, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
 * That's a great idea. I'd love to see more about the impact these efforts have had.  --BrianCUA (talk) 13:27, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
 * So why did you separate this material out from the other material that showed the impact? It deliberately gives a narrow and distorted picture. But I guess that isn't so much of a surprise. Contaldo80 (talk) 15:03, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
 * And what is to be gained by pretending that the bulk of the material does not relate to the US?! These organisations and publications are almost exclusively in the US. Pastoral care in the rest of the world is either missing or not covered - so let's avoid pretending that a couple of warm cuddly instances in the US represents the whole global issue! Briancua I find your approach really worrying. Previous Catholic editors were keen to re-write articles to show that the Catholic church did not tolerate homosexuality and anyone who took an alternative view as a heretic (look back at the edits). But you're trying to re-write all the articles to imply that that the Church has been wonderful to gay people. The truth is in the middle so can we actually try and inform people rather than push a PR agenda. It's dishonest and embarrassing. Contaldo80 (talk) 15:19, 16 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Contaldo, I would appreciate if you would assume a little good faith here. I would like to work with you to improve this.  I don't want to get into name calling or edit warring.  The books may have had American authors, but they address the relationship the Church has with LGBT people.  Not American Catholics.  Not American LGBT people.  They are speaking globally.  Additionally, one of the organizations has the word "international" in its name.  Others have a global mission.  How can you claim that these are strictly about the US? --BrianCUA (talk) 15:28, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
 * They may have the word "international" in their names but that does not make them de facto international. Even a cursory look at each of them shows they are substantially, if not completely, US based. The books are by american writers - primarily drawing upon the circumstances in the US. They are not manuals for pastoral care on a global scale. It is incredibly "misleading" to present the material as having universal application. By pushing this you are doing an injustice to pastoral care anywhere else in the world - by trying to extend US practice and suggesting there is nothing of note anywhere else. The US church is significant but it is not the totality of the Catholic church. It is also based in one of the most liberal and tolerant countries in the world. I am in fact very doubtful that pastoral care of gay catholics in other countries is just as developed. And I think you know that too - that's why you're keen to make the US-based examples look like they represent the position in the rest of the world. An uninformed reader would get a rosy - and misleading - picture. Contaldo80 (talk) 09:59, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Wording change
Contaldo has asked what is wrong with the wording currently in place. The issue is 1) it is not correct and 2) it was unsourced. If he can find a source that says Courage will only minister to someone if they remain celibate then we can discuss it, but I doubt he will. For this reason, I am reverting. --BrianCUA (talk) 23:21, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I was directly citing the article to which the included material is sourced and where it specifically makes that point. If you have thoughts on how to nuance the wording to capture the issue as accurately as possible then I'm open to that. I am not however, venturing into WP:OR about what I think Courage will and won't do. I note your statement "we can discuss it, but I doubt he will". Why are you doubting? This suggests to me that you are not assuming WP:GOODFAITH of me. Would you like to say more? Thanks. Contaldo80 (talk) 20:54, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
 * The source says the ministry "assists" gay Catholics remain celibate. It does not say remaining celibate is a prerequisite. I was doubting you could find a source that says someone has to be celibate before Courage would allow them to walk through the doors. --BrianCUA (talk) 01:10, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

What is a "Pastoral care"? + title
The summary does not state what a "Pastoral care" is. Moreover, I wonder if the current title is pertinent; maybe "20th- and 21th-century handling of homosexual Catholics by the Catholic Church" would be a better title. Veverve (talk) 15:54, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 24 March 2024
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Pastoral care for gay Catholics → Pastoral care for LGBT Catholics – The article also covers transgender people, not just LGB people. Luke10.27 (talk) 18:46, 24 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. -- Slugger O&#39;Toole (talk) 19:55, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

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