You’re Invited! The Challenge of “Fiducia Supplicans”
Join New Ways Ministry for a webinar on the complex reception of Fiducia Supplicans where three panelists will offer their perspectives and insights.
Brian Flanagan (he/him) is a theologian and Senior Fellow at New Ways Ministry. He is the Past President of the College Theology and most recently Associate Professor at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. His research focuses on ecclesiology and ecumenism, and his most recent book is "Stumbling in Holiness: Sin and Sanctity in the Church." He received his B.A. at the Catholic University of America, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in theology at Boston College. He is a married gay man and a parishioner at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown, D.C.
Join New Ways Ministry for a webinar on the complex reception of Fiducia Supplicans where three panelists will offer their perspectives and insights.
Why would Pope Francis send such a mixed message on LGBTQ+ issues? To find an answer, we need to look at LGBTQ+ issues as not only an issue of moral theology or canon law, but also as an issue of ecclesiology.
Because we are all called to participation and co-responsibility in the life of a synodal church, we should now figure out what to do in the period between this past October’s General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality and the final General Assembly in October 2024?
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“The Synod & LGBTQ+ People: What Happened?” on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 7:30 pm Eastern U.S. Time, on Zoom.
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I see four lessons from AL that can prepare LGBTQ Catholics for the coming worldwide synodal process.
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