Major German Catholic Gathering Offers Historic Welcome to LGBT Catholics

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LGBT organizations were welcomed for the first time to a major Catholic gathering in Germany,... Read More

Synod Bishops Offer Little Hope for Positive Report on LGBT Issues

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Below is the next installment of Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and... Read More

Synod Fathers on Gay Issues Couldn't Be Any Further Apart Than They Already Are

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Below is the next installment of Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and... Read More

It's Time to Bless Lesbian & Gay Couples, Suggests German Bishop

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A German bishop who will attend the Synod on marriage and family this fall has... Read More

In Germany: Lay Catholics, Theologian, New Archbishop All Speak Out Favorably for Lesbian and Gay Couples

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Germany is fast becoming the main focal point for theological discussion on lesbian/gay relationships, as well... Read More

European Bishops Strategize for Positive LGBT Outcome at October's Synod

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Three of Europe's top prelates gathered with colleagues in Rome earlier this week, reflecting on how they could implement more pastoral responses at the upcoming Synod of Bishops. Read More

German Bishops Extend LGBT Welcome to Church Workers in New Policy

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Germany's bishops voted in favor of new employment policies favorable to church workers in same-gender relationships this week, proving that the firing and forced resignation of LGBT church workers need not be the only response to marriage equality's spread. Read More

Nigerian Bishop Compares Gay People to 'Drug Addicts, Robbers, and Terrorists'

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The 2014 Extraordinary Synod left many LGBT advocates unimpressed, but by simply naming the realities of family life today it has made many in the church's hierarchy fearful. Bishops are using the interlude until next October's Synod to promote their agendas, yet, in so doing, they ignore the very realities outed last fall that must be addressed and instead do tremendous harm. Read More

Top Advisor to Pope Francis Misses the Meaning of Mercy

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A top advisor to Pope Francis commented on church's pastoral response to homosexuality during a lecture on mercy, but Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga struck a notably less welcoming tone than fellow bishops who have spoken out in recent weeks. Read More

SYNOD: London Cardinal Voted Against Synod's Gay Paragraphs Because Welcome Was Absent

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Was the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops a win, a loss, or something in the middle?... Read More