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From “A” to “D-“: How Catholic LGBTQ+ Leaders Grade Pope Francis At Ten Years, Part I

March 14, 2023/4 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today’s post, the first of two parts, features responses from leading LGBTQ+ Catholics, theologians, pastoral ministers, and reform advocates about how the first ten years of Pope Francis' tenure has gone. Read More

The Results Are In: Here Is How Catholics Graded Pope Francis on LGBTQ+ Issues

March 13, 2023/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Higher Education, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today is the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ election. What did you, the readers of Bondings 2.0, give Pope Francis as a grade on LGBTQ+ issues? Read More

At the Well, Alex Meets Grace and Finds Love

March 12, 2023/7 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

In the following dialogue, I place myself in the role of the Samaritan woman who, considering she is going to the well at midday, instead of the morning with the rest of the community, has been shunned by society and keeps herself hidden to avoid any ridicule. Read More

New Ways Ministry Praises German Catholics’ Vote for Greater Transgender Inclusion

March 11, 2023/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The following is a statement from Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry’s Executive Director, on today’s historic vote about transgender and nonbinary inclusion in the German church. Read More

Sister Jeannine Gramick: “After Ten Years, This Pope Still Gives Me Hope”

March 11, 2023/13 Comments/in New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Pope Francis /by Sr. Jeannine Gramick

I quickly knew that the pope elected on March 13, 2013 would be different from any pope the Church had seen in centuries. Read More

New Ways Ministry Praises German Church’s Unprecedented Vote for LGBTQ+ Blessings

March 10, 2023/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The following is a statement from Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry’s Executive Director, on today's historic vote in Germany seeking to bless LGBTQ+ couples. Read More

Pope Francis Names LGBTQ-Positive Members to Council of Cardinals

March 10, 2023/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Pope Francis, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Pope Francis has appointed several new members to his Council of Cardinals who have LGBTQ-positive records, elevating the members to be among the pope's closest advisors. Read More

Germany’s Synodal Way Now Considering Texts on Gender Diversity, LGBTQ+ Blessings

March 9, 2023/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The fifth and final assembly of Germany's Synodal Way begins today, and among the issues to be decided are two documents on LGBTQ+ issues. However, a last minute controversy is brewing with the bishop members which could imperil reform efforts. Read More

Denver Archbishop Blames Transgender Equality for Declining Church Attendance

March 8, 2023/11 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Ariell Watson Simon

A Colorado archbishop has suggested transgender people are responsible for declining church attendance just weeks after he suggested the church was unfairly blamed for heightened anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric that contributed to a mass shooting last year. Read More

USCCB Asks Senators to Stop Equal Rights Amendment In Part Due to LGBTQ Concerns

March 7, 2023/5 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop has written to U.S. senators asking them to reject a reconsideration of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), in part because it would help protect transgender people's rights. Read More

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