Archbishop Chaput’s Pastoral Restrictions Are a Losing Strategy

The following is a statement of Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry’s Executive Director, released on... Read More

New Guidelines Ban LGBT People from Parish Ministries

In new guidelines, Philadelphia’s archbishop has banned people in same-gender relationships from pastoral or liturgical... Read More

Vatican Accepts Resignation of Dominican Cardinal Infamous for Anti-Gay Remarks

The Vatican has accepted the resignation of a cardinal in the Dominican Republic whose anti-gay record has... Read More

Two Priests Offer Spiritual and Social Responses to the Orlando Shooting

The Orlando shooting at a gay nightclub has prompted many, many statements and gestures of solidarity with... Read More

Is There an Alternative to the Rigid Orthodoxies of the Religious Liberty Debate?

The United States of America celebrates its Independence Day today, so it seems an appropriate... Read More

Celebrating Pride In the Shadow of Orlando: A Catholic Reflection

Today’s post was written by guest blogger Alfred Pang is a PhD student in Theology and... Read More

One Person’s “Lobby” Is Another Person’s “Ministry”

The idea that a “gay lobby” inside the Vatican was working as a pressure group... Read More

Cardinal Cleared of Hate Crime Charges; Time for Healing to Begin

The controversy that erupted when a Spanish cardinal said the “gay empire” was harming the family... Read More

Apologies Need to Be Supported by Structures in Both State and Church

Several days ago, Bondings 2.0 reported on Munich’s Cardinal Reinhard Marx’s call for an apology by the... Read More

Catholics Split on the Value of Pope Francis’ Call for Apology

Around the world, it seems that Pope Francis’ call for the church to apologize to... Read More