Two Catholic Bishops Condemn Disrespect for the Pride Flag
“Such a thing contradicts our Christian view of humanity and must have no place in our church, which is supposed to stand for tolerance, respect, and diversity.”
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“Such a thing contradicts our Christian view of humanity and must have no place in our church, which is supposed to stand for tolerance, respect, and diversity.”
For the first time this month, LGBTQ+ issues were prominent at a Vatican press briefing. Though the speakers faced repeated questions from journalists, however, their responses were minimal but, in one instance, quite surprising. Today’s post features this news and other items as the Synod’s assembly concludes this week.
This week as the Synod on Synodality’s General Assembly began, their were repeated exhortations from leaders and delegates not to get caught up in gender and sexuality debates, pejoratively described as “niche issues” and “fashionable reforms.” But, for some participants these are precisely what the Assembly should tackle.
Among the hundreds of thousands of people gathered for World Youth Day in Portugal this week have been young Catholics advocating for LGBTQ+ inclusion.
Yesterday, Bondings 2.0 announced New Ways Ministry’s new resource that details what participants in the upcoming Synod assembly in October have said or done when it comes to LGBTQ+ issues. Today, a second batch of participants has been added to that resource.
The participants’ list for the Synod’s next assembly causes both hope and disappointment for New Ways Ministry as we work for LGBTQ+ inclusion. This news commits us to continue working to ensure LGBTQ+ people will be heard in the church’s synodal process.
Two bishops in Germany have contributed essays to a new book on Catholicism and LGBTQ issues, and in it they question the hierarchy’s traditional position on sexual morality.
Pastoral workers in Germany released an open letter to protest one archdiocese’s reprimanding of a priest who allegedly blessed a same-gender couple earlier this year.
A German bishop who has repeatedly vocalized his support for blessing same-gender couples in the church again spoke out, asking in a media interview, why such blessings are not possible, as the Vatican has said.