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Malawi’s Bishops Organize Protests Against Court’s Possible Legalization of Homosexuality

August 16, 2023/2 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholic leaders in Malawi organized and led an interfaith protest against LGBTQ+ rights as the nation's criminalization laws currently face a court challenge, while bishops in Cote d'Ivoire decried the country's more permissive laws on LGBTQ+ rights. Read More

Malawi Bishops Lead March Against LGBT Rights

January 4, 2017/3 Comments/in Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholic bishops in Malawi joined other religious leaders last month in a protest march against LGBT rights,... Read More

Jail LGBT People, Say Malawi’s Bishops in New Pastoral Letter on Mercy

March 28, 2016/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In a new pastoral letter, Malawi’s bishops have encouraged Catholics to advocate for the arrest and imprisonment of... Read More

Malawi Bishops’ Comments Fail to Defend Marginalized LGBT People

January 26, 2016/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

As Malawi debates whether to repeal its laws which criminalize homosexuality, the nation’s Catholic bishops are... Read More

Malawi Bishops' Anti-Gay Remarks Raise Human Rights Issues

January 4, 2016/10 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

LGBT communities in a number of African nations face some of the world’s most oppressive... Read More

Malawi Human Rights Advocates Call Out Catholic Bishops on LGBT Issues

August 5, 2014/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Two prominent human rights activists in Malawi have strongly criticized recent statements made by a group representing some of... Read More

Anti-LGBT Remarks in Malawi and Cameroon a Warning Sign as Conclave Approaches

March 9, 2013/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

As speculation about a possible African pope continues in Rome, news from Malawi and Cameroon... Read More

Africa’s Prelates Refuse to Bless LGBTQ+ Couples; One Archbishop Breaks Ranks

January 18, 2024/3 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The debate over Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican’s declaration allowing blessings for couples in “irregular” situations, continues unabated. In posts yesterday and today, Bondings 2.0 is reporting on the latest developments. Today’s post focuses on global bishops' responses, particularly in Africa. Read More