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Vatican’s Blessings Declaration Is “Essential But Awkward” Progress, Writes Theologian

April 2, 2024/1 Comment/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Brian Flanagan

Xavier Montecel highlights the awkwardness of the declaration’s attempt to maintain church doctrine on same-gender sexual activity while providing what he terms “a pastoral workaround.” Read More

500+ Sign Open Letter Demanding LGBTQ+ Inclusion at Providence College

April 1, 2024/1 Comment/in Employment Issues, Higher Education, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

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

Easter: Celebrating Visibility for True Identities of Jesus and Trans Folks

March 31, 2024/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Scriptural Reflections /by Michael Sennett

Trans folks grapple with visibility. So did Jesus. But not on Easter. Read More

Holy Saturday: A Silence Which Tests Us

March 30, 2024/1 Comment/in Scriptural Reflections /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

"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

March 29, 2024/1 Comment/in Scriptural Reflections /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

". . . they would discover a new beginning right there, in the cross." Read More

Holy Thursday: Wash One Another’s Feet

March 28, 2024/2 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

"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.

March 27, 2024/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Brian Flanagan

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

March 26, 2024/0 Comments/in New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

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

March 25, 2024/0 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Same-Gender Blessings, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

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

March 24, 2024/6 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

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

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