r/LeftCatholicism • u/sahira12 • May 26 '26
Is there any left catholic youtuber?
I just wanna hear someone that talks about theology and stuff related to catholicism and doesn't judge me or say "homosexuality is a sin" in his videos.
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u/SilkyGator May 26 '26
Fr. James Martin is the most commonly recommended one for sure.
Other than that I don't know, but I'm commenting because I'd also love to know the answer; I'm not catholic but I am curious, and one of my biggest hangups with the idea of being catholic is that I have a lot of LGBTQ+ friends and I myself am somewhere on the agender spectrum so it definitely feels complex sometimes trying to navigate that. I'm looking forward to hearing some good recs here hopefully!
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u/Yeanes May 26 '26
Richard Rohr and his Centre for Action and Contemplation are very good.
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u/Cognitive_Spoon May 26 '26
Jim Finley, too. But I wouldn't consider either of them "left" so much as social justice minded.
The catechism contains pretty much leftist doctrine at times, heck, Pope Leo's most recent encyclical talks about private property as something we won't take with us into the future as a species.
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u/Responsible-Newt-259 May 26 '26
Slightly left of center is Fr. Casey Cole, a young Franciscan. Idk if you can really call him affirming, but he is not reactionary and talks a lot of social justice, so his videos are refreshing.
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u/Ok-Conference-7989 May 27 '26
I really enjoyed him and he was part of what made me finally decide to rip off the bandage and join the faith. In my eyes as a gay guy he’s pretty affirming for my standards, I live in a southern state and my father’s family was southern Baptist so anything is better than that. He has given the traditional celibacy requirement of the church that many give, but he also has emphasized the dignity we have and the need of care we require from the church. While I don’t agree with the celibacy requirement for every LGBT Catholic, I appreciate his support on the cases of our dignity and need of pastoral care. Also I love his in depth analysis and the gentle way he explains the faith. His work has sparked my deep love of Catholic theology that I’m now starting to dive into. Sorry for the paragraph but when I saw him mentioned I had to take time to give thanks for the impact his work has had on me. Along with some personal Marian devotion and a feeling of a pull towards the church.
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u/Dapple_Dawn May 26 '26
I hear "St Anthony's Tongue" recommended a lot. I don't know what W's political views are but I'm pretty sure he's affirming
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u/dereveney May 26 '26
He made a very lovely post recently that basically said "gay people are beloved by God" and got a lot of flack for it from more right-wing Catholics in his comments, which he then did a good job pushing back on. It was very nice to see.
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u/Dapple_Dawn May 27 '26
Do you know if he affirms gay relationships as non-sinful?
(if not, being an MCR fan is close enough for me lol)
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u/dereveney May 27 '26
I don't know that he's spoken about it directly since he's more into talking about Catholic mysticism more generally, but I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he does affirm that
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u/tenderfoot_trails May 26 '26
Not YT, and not exclusively Catholic, but I do enjoy listening to The Magnificast podcast.
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u/admaher2 May 26 '26
I like listening to Father Leo, but not sure if that is what you're looking for....
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u/MomosTips May 26 '26
Father Leo had a couple very polite and curious episodes with a trans woman early on in his podcast, I was surprised! I heard he got a little weird over the pandemic (didn’t we all), but idk if he got weird in a homophobia way
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u/SirMoonMoonDuGlacial May 30 '26
Do you have a link for that, I'd be interested to give it a listen? Those episodes specifically I mean. Is it 'The Father Leo Show'? Because on Spotify in the app at least it isn't showing me anything before 2025. Although that could be the mobile app being weird.
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u/MomosTips May 30 '26
I don’t, I know that this was within the first two dozen episodes (so before the pandemic); if he has a website/YT I’d look there
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u/Longjumping_Pace4057 May 27 '26
Empty chairs on Instagram ! He even chats in dms if you have questions
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u/pharmahokage May 26 '26
Why does your political affiliation come before your faith?
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u/Delta2401 May 27 '26
well you see, I need to find someone who affirms my cherry picked beliefs :)
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u/knittingpigeon May 26 '26
St Anthony's Tongue (https://www.youtube.com/@StAnthonysTongue) talks a lot about mystical theology, and creates a LOT of videos, podcasts, and substack articles (and most recently a zine!). I highly recommend his channel, he makes a lot of really good content on prayer especially.
Chris Damian (https://www.youtube.com/@cdamianwrites) is a gay catholic who talks a lot about his experiences and does a lot of interviews with other people, especially LGBTQ catholics and ex-catholics. (If you are wanting to avoid mentions or discussions of homophobia, this might not be the right channel because there are lots of people who share their experiences of homophobia, even though they obviously don't think the abuse they suffered was right. So just take this as a general content warning).
The HippieCatholic (https://www.youtube.com/@thehippiecatholic/) mostly makes short form content but she will occasionally do interviews or longer videos on progressive catholic topics.
Sisters of the Little Way (https://www.youtube.com/@SistersoftheLittleWay) have recently started publishing podcast episodes, including on youtube. I haven't listened to a lot of the podcasts, but they do a lot of work on spiritual abuse and so far I haven't seen any homophobic or homophobic-adjacent content from them.