What the Vatican Just Released on Gay Catholics — and Where Pope Leo Stands

**Letters from Leo **

An explainer on Study Group 9’s final report, the two testimonies that surprised everyone, and the synodal process Pope Leo XIV is letting run.

Christopher Hale
May 20, 2026

On May 5, three days before the first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election, the Vatican released a document with a title built to put readers to sleep: “Theological Criteria and Synodal…

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Vatican report admits conversion therapy caused LGBTQ+ Catholics’ ‘profound suffering’

Just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors in an 8-1 ruling that cast doubt on similar laws nationwide, a Catholic Church report is warning that so-called “reparative therapies” have caused LGBTQ+ Catholics “profound suffering” and spiritual harm

The published document comes from theologians assembled for the late Pope Francis’ Synod…

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Why chasing 1,000 rejections might be the key to your biggest dreams

If you opened Gabriella Carr's red notebook, you might expect to find a diary, a grocery list, or her homework. Instead, you'd find an organized, numbered list of failures.

That's one way to see it. Gabriella views it differently, though. To her, every entry in that notebook is a victory.

@gabbies1000nos the story of why i’m doing this!! #rejectiontherapy #rejectionisredirection…

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