Chicago’s Archbishop Blase Cupich called for the church to improve its welcome of nontraditional families in his homily last Sunday, offering a beautiful reflection as the church prepares for October’s Synod of Bishops.
Thousands in the 61883 ZIP code received Fr. Timothy Sauppé’s unsolicited public notice about the “homosexual culture war, but the priest is refusing to apologize as criticism in his community grows.
A few days ago, we asked Bondings 2.0 readers what you would say about LGBT issues…
Teachers at San Francisco’s Catholic high schools passed new contracts containing enhanced morality clauses by a slim majority, the latest in a months long struggle between Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and Bay Area Catholics about LGBT inclusion.
In Bonding 2.0’s update on marriage equality’s global progress as it relates to Catholics earlier this week, we reported Mexico’s legalization of same-gender marriages and Australia’s failure to do so. To many, it is a paradox that a highly Catholic nation would advance LGBT rights while the land of “No Worries” is stalled after more than a decade debating the issue.
Marriage equality’s global progress is still limited, legal in only twenty-one nations so far, but historically Catholic areas keep advancing LGBT rights.
Below, Bondings 2.0 offers updates about several relevant developments in the Philippines, Australia, and elsewhere.
A few months back, the Jesuit-weekly America asked high-profile Catholics ranging from Stephen Colbert to James Keenan what they would say to Pope Francis if they were afforded five minutes with the pontiff.
Catholics protested a Michigan conference highlighting gay-negative views, including Archbishop Allen Vigneron’s suggestion that breaking up same-gender relationships is comparable to Moses leading the Hebrew people out of Egypt.
Delegates personally appointed by Pope Francis could positively alter outcomes at this fall’s Synod of Bishops when it comes to LGBT issues, but even if they do not this rebalancing will certainly produce heated debate.
The trend of church workers losing their jobs in LGBT-related employment disputes is not slowing, but thankfully community responses and legal improvements are pushing back. Below, Bondings 2.0 offers updates on several previous incidents, including the implementation of a Germany employment policy more welcoming of LGBT church workers.