Leaders of a Canadian Catholic school board have sought the dismissal of a board trustee after what they called a “hate-filled” post was posted to her personal social media account.
More than 100 people in Massachusetts gathered to oppose one diocese’s new LGBTQ-negative schools policy, adding to sustained criticism of the policy, including from some church officials.
A Cameroonian priest has suggested that African delegates to the Synod on Synodality assembly next month may be quite resistant to any efforts at being more inclusive of LGBTQ+ people.
Sixty groups forming Ibero-American Catholic LGBTQ+ network have written to Pope Francis asking for LGBTQ+ people to be directly involved in the Synod assembly next month, rather than merely objects of discussion.
A Catholic healthcare group has denied care to a young patient based on her gender identity with one doctor allegedly telling her mother, “We don’t see transgendered patients in this clinic.”
New Ways Ministry invites you to “The Synod and LGBTQ+ Issues: A Conversation with Fr. James Martin, S.J.,” which will be held on Zoom on Thursday, September 14, 2023 from 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. Time.
A German archbishop has said that while he will not perform blessings of LGBTQ+ couples, no priest or pastoral minister who does so will be sanctioned in his archdiocese, a position he roots in the teachings of Pope Francis.
Today’s post includes news about lesbian activists’ protest outside the Vatican in support of mothers’ rights, a controversy over a Hungarian Catholic publisher’s textbook, and more.
This week, Bondings 2.0 has featured a series on ways in which some Catholics and their allies are using the U.S. legal system to stop and even rollback LGBTQ+ rights. Today’s post is the conclusion of this series featuring brief updates on other legal developments.
In a series of posts this week, Bondings 2.0 will cover some of the LGBTQ-focused court cases that involve Catholics. Today’s post is about a new lawsuit involving the Archdiocese of Denver and non-discrimination protections.