London Cardinal Urges Nationwide Expansion of LGBT Catholic Masses
Masses in London which offer an intentional welcome to the LGBT community should expanded across England in the views of London’s Cardinal Vincent Nichols.
Robert Shine is the Associate Director of New Ways Ministry, where he has served since 2012. He is the Managing Editor for Bondings 2.0, a daily blog of LGBTQ Catholic news, opinion, and spirituality. Bob has degrees in theology from The Catholic University of America and the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.
Masses in London which offer an intentional welcome to the LGBT community should expanded across England in the views of London’s Cardinal Vincent Nichols.
A coalition of Catholic, LGBT, and Hispanic groups have invited Pope Francis to meet with LGBT Catholics during his U.S. visit in September, contrasting the exclusionary policies of the 2015 World Meeting of Families.
A transgender Catholic is not allowed to be a godparent, says a Spanish bishop, who further denied any discrimination in the case.
Australia’s political leaders are slowly moving towards marriage equality, prompted by successful developments in Ireland and then the United States, movement prompting aggressive action from the nation’s Catholic bishops.
Ireland’s leading archbishop met with faith-based LGBT advocates last week, focusing in on his participation at the Synod of Bishops this fall but with Ireland’s marriage referendum clearly in mind.
Another teacher is leaving San Francisco’s Catholic school system due to proposed contract changes targeting LGBT and ally employees, a resignation coming at the same time California’s legislature holds hearings on the controversy.
Transgender Italians can now self-declare their gender identity on official records following a court ruling, another sign of historically Catholic nations’ increasing leadership in expanding rights for trans and intersex communities.
A prominent Sister of Mercy has joined parents in criticizing an LGBT church worker’s expulsion, setting her apart from Mercy leadership which expressed its support for the discrimination.
A priest fired for opposing anti-gay bullying has written to Pope Francis, asking the pontiff to stem the expulsion of LGBT church workers.
It seems as if every few months, and sometimes weeks, Bondings 2.0 covers the story of a church worker who lost their job in an LGBT-related dispute made public. There are more than fifty such cases since 2008, but there are signs of hope as ecclesial forces increasingly resist these firings.
New Ways Ministry – 4012 29th Street – Mount Rainier, Maryland 20712 – Telephone: (301) 277-5674 – Email: [email protected]
Contributions to New Ways Ministry are tax-deductible under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.