Budde, Broglio, Romero, and McElroy: On Speaking Out Against Injustice
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Of the scores and scores of people I’ve met who have had to make a conscience decision that opposed dominant thought and practice, not one, no matter what the price, was ever sorry they did so.
And an anti-LGBTQ+ archbishop is replaced, transgender woman is released on probation, theologians call for new universal church council, and a bishop is investigated for hate speech.
Today’s post, the second part of a two-part series on the LGBTQ+ pilgrimage for the…
“Human dignity does not depend on gender identity or sexual orientation.”
Where is the USCCB’s boldness on all these human rights issues?
With notable speed, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops agreed at the fall assembly to act on the Vatican’s transgender-negative declaration Dignitas Infinita. Elections at the assembly may, however, signal a shift toward Pope Francis happening in the conference.
The U.S. bishops’ spring meeting is generally not a newsmaker, and indeed, has sometimes just been a private retreat. But the plenary this June was quite different, and far more controversial, for several LGBTQ-related reasons. Today’s post provides updates on some of the speeches and votes relevant to gender and sexuality issues.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is set to elect a new secretary, as well as six committee chairs next week, when they meet from November 13th to 16th. Most of the candidates skew LGBTQ-negative, once again contrasting the USCCB with Pope Francis’ desired way of being church.
Tomorrow, the Synod on Synodality’s first General Assembly concludes. Bondings 2.0 has covered LGBTQ-related developments all month, but given how often gender and sexuality issues arose, we have not been able to post it all yet. This post is a rundown of those news and commentaries related to the Synod.