Imagining the Feminist and LGBTQ-Affirming Sacramentality of a Synodal Church
My image of a synodal church, however distant it may be, includes women preaching and ministering the Gospel during the blessing of LGBTQ marriage.
Barb Kozee (she/her) is a Master of Divinity student at Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University concentrated in social ethics with interests in the intersections of gender, sexuality, and the family. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in International Political Economy from Georgetown University that informs her additional research focuses in religion, politics, and questions of moral authority.
My image of a synodal church, however distant it may be, includes women preaching and ministering the Gospel during the blessing of LGBTQ marriage.
I have come to love the puzzling marriage and family texts from the Gospels, for, in responding, they present opportunities for Queer Catholics to contribute to conversations about the lived experience of marriage and family.
By claiming her Catholic identity, Ruether did something important for LGBTQ and marginal Catholics: she gave us a distinctly Catholic tradition in which to situate ourselves and our theologies that challenge the center.
A lay person in Spain has recently penned a reflection on LGBTQ pastoral care in the Catholic Church, providing a hopeful picture about what is being done to support this community and what the future of pastoral care could look like.
I have to begin by admitting my bias. I am not a big fan of Tushnet. But I see some complications in Tushnet’s position that fill me with tenderness, even as I know we will continue to radically disagree on what constitutes a Catholic sexual ethic.
Several new surveys are showing that Generation Z overwhelmingly supports LGBTQ rights and desires more positive approaches from faith leaders on issues of gender and sexuality.
As countries around the world consider legalizing same-gender marriage, Catholic bishops remain mostly opposed to and cautious about such developments.
A new survey is the first of its kind to document trends and major insights from LGBTQ Catholics and their families and allies in Latin America.
Clifford Longley argues for the inherent dignity of trans people, yet he does not unequivocally condemn transphobia as a sin. As LGBTQ people and allies, what do we do with Longley’s position?
As three Polish LGBTQ rights activists await trial, prominent Dutch priests, women religious, and lay leaders signed a letter to the public prosecutor calling the charges against the defendants “incomprehensible” and “downright shocking.”
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