500+ Sign Open Letter Demanding LGBTQ+ Inclusion at Providence College
An open letter from more than 500 members of the Providence College community is calling on the school's president to stop suppressing LGBTQ+ inclusion on campus. Read More
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Easter: Celebrating Visibility for True Identities of Jesus and Trans Folks
Trans folks grapple with visibility. So did Jesus. But not on Easter. Read More
Holy Saturday: A Silence Which Tests Us
"While the Word is silent, while Life is in the sepulchre, those who had hoped in him were put to a difficult test. . . " Read More
Good Friday: An End, A Beginning
". . . they would discover a new beginning right there, in the cross." Read More
Holy Thursday: Wash One Another’s Feet
"I have given you a model to follow" Read More
LGBTQ+ Issues May Not Be on the Synod’s Agenda This October. I Still Have Hope.
What big decisions are going to come out of the Synod on Synodality's General Assembly at the Vatican in October, especially decisions related to LGBTQ+ Catholics? Recently, we got a pretty clear answer. Read More
You’re Invited: The Next Steps in Parish LGBTQ+ Ministry
Almost every day, Bondings 2.0 updates our readers on the latest Catholic LGBTQ+ news from around the world. Today, we offer some news closer to home: announcements from New Ways Ministry about upcoming programs and employment opportunities. Read More
LGBTQ+ Couples Are Not Only to Be Blessed: They Are Blessings to the Church
The debate over Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican's declaration allowing blessings for couples in situations deemed "irregular"y by church leaders, has prompted once LGBTQ+ Catholic to reflect on not only same-gender love, but all forms of love not fully embraced by the church. Read More
Palm Sunday: The Day I Came Out as Queer
I am not so sure anymore whether the image of an incarnate God-the-Son who died on the cross can continue to give me and other queer people hope and comfort in a violent, anti-queer church and world. Read More
The Bishop Behind the Vatican’s Transgender-Welcoming Document on Sacraments
When the Vatican affirmed transgender people could be baptized in 2023, officials were doing so in response to one bishop's questions about LGBTQ+ people and the Sacraments. Since then, Brazilian newspaper El País profiled that bishop, the details about how the Vatican's instructions came about, and what the whole story might mean. Read More