Catholic Vote News Feed - Will Fr. James Martin Succeed?.. In an essay.. Fr. James Martin wrote that things are “getting better” for “LGBTQ Catholics.”... Martin claimed that Pope Francis is among the prelates who give him hope that the Church will embrace the LGBTQ movement... “[A] number of cardinals, archbishops and bishops have called for the church to reconsider terming homosexual acts as ‘intrinsically disordered’ in the Catechism, which LGBTQ people often say is one of the biggest stumbling blocks to feeling welcome in their church.”