And, as a gay man, he vocally disagrees with the church’s doctrine on same-sex relations, instead advocating for full inclusion of LGBTQ Catholics within the church.
Like the German Martin Luther, Massingale is often at odds with official Catholic teaching - he supports the ordination of women and making celibacy optional for Catholic clergy. As a professor at Fordham University, he teaches African American religious approaches to ethics. Like King, Massingale decries the scourge of racial inequality in the United States.
