LGBTQ Clergy & Religious Archives

Uruguayan Bishop Defends Blessing of LGBTQ+ Couple; And More Updates

March 20, 2024/3 Comments/in Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post presents more developments in the church's ongoing debate over and reception of Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican declaration that allows blessings for couples in "irregular" situations, including LGBTQ+ couples. Read More

Fr. James Alison: LGBTQ+ Blessings Will Expand Inclusion While Preserving Unity

January 23, 2024/0 Comments/in LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Ariell Watson Simon

“The Church is for sinners.” With this statement, gay priest and theologian James Alison summarizes the underlying message of Fiducia Supplicans and explains the document’s significance will “open a way forward that will allow LGBT Catholics to be listened to on their own terms while maintaining the unity of the Church.” Read More

Church Must Facilitate Faith and Sexuality Conversations, Urges Malaysian Gay Catholic

January 3, 2024/1 Comment/in LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Grace Doerfler

A gay Catholic in Malaysia has urged the church to better host and facilitate conversations about faith and sexuality in his home country. Read More

“Out 100” List for 2023 Includes Papal Advisor Juan Carlos Cruz; And More News

December 16, 2023/0 Comments/in LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Juan Carlos Cruz, a close friend to Pope Francis, is honored by an LGBTQ+ publication, one theologian remembers a DignityUSA founder, and more news. Read More

Are Trans Catholics Welcome in the Church? This May Not Be the Right Question.

December 11, 2023/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

Perhaps this Advent season is a time to listen and amplify the voices of those on the margins, to allow those trans Catholic voices crying out to be heard by the wider church. Read More

Catholic Layman Launches “Queer Bible” in Switzerland; And More News

November 24, 2023/0 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Gender Identity, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Scriptural Reflections, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The posts today and tomorrow feature stories and commentaries not yet covered this, with links provided if you would like to learn more. Read More

Gender and Sexuality Affect Every Person. The Synod Must Address This Reality.

October 14, 2023/3 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Higher Education, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Gender and sexuality must be taken up by the church universal in a more enlightened, substantive, dialogical way. The Synod assembly risks failure if it avoids full examinations of such core questions. Read More

Can Church Teaching Change? LGBTQ+ Advocates Say Yes

October 2, 2023/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Higher Education, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Religious Liberty, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Ariell Watson Simon

“Can the church change?” That question is the headline of a new article in U.S. Catholic. Author Don Clemmer attempts to answer this question, which is often asked by many LGBTQ+ Catholics longing to see the church embrace more inclusive teachings. Read More

Bondings 2.0 Heads to Rome for the Synod!

September 26, 2023/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Arts, Books & Culture, 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, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A week from today, Bondings 2.0 editor Francis DeBernardo and I will begin reporting live from Rome on the Synod on Synodality' first global assembly. Throughout this multi-year process, LGBTQ+ issues have been a recurring priority for the people of God. Read More

Latin and Caribbean Catholic Groups Ask Pope to Include LGBTQ+ People in Synod

September 9, 2023/2 Comments/in LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Synod on Synodality, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Sixty groups forming Ibero-American Catholic LGBTQ+ network have written to Pope Francis asking for LGBTQ+ people to be directly involved in the Synod assembly next month, rather than merely objects of discussion. Read More