Allowing Local Strategies Sounds Like a Good Idea–Except If You're in Newark
Below is the next installment of Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and... Read More
Live from the Vatican! A Request from Sister Jeannine Gramick
/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, New Ways Ministry /by Francis DeBernardo, EditorDear Bondings 2.0 Readers, As many of you have been reading , New Ways Ministry’s executive... Read More
Archbishop Discusses African Bishops' Silence on Criminalization of LGBT People
/10 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy /by Francis DeBernardo, EditorThis post is the fourth in Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and Family... Read More
Kenyan Catholic Bishops Warn Obama: Stay Silent on LGBT Rights During Visit
/5 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy /by Robert Shine, Managing EditorKeep silent on LGBT rights. This is the message Kenyan bishops have sent to President Barack Obama in the days before his planned July visit, a belief shared by their continental colleagues and a belief increasingly at odds with Pope Francis' vision for the church. Read More
Global Network of Rainbow Catholics Provides Alternative to Vatican Document
/6 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, EditorA coalition-in-formation of organizations which promote equality in Catholic LGBT issues has responded to this... Read More
Ugandan Catholic Priest Calls for a Worldwide 'Sexual Refugee' Program
/6 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, EditorA Ugandan Catholic priest who has been barred from celebrating the sacraments is calling for a... Read More
Nigerian Bishop Compares Gay People to 'Drug Addicts, Robbers, and Terrorists'
/2 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy /by Robert Shine, Managing EditorThe 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
Catholic Leaders' Spotty Record Against Anti-LGBT Laws
/5 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, EditorCatholicism’s record on the growing trend of repressive laws around the globe which target LGBT... Read More
Priest's Homily a Reminder of All Too Prevalent Anti-LGBT Catholic Realities Worldwide
/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy /by Robert Shine, Managing EditorWhen the lives and livelihoods of LGBT people are under attack, Catholic leaders must vocally and clearly stand alongside the marginalized and victimized. Read More
Praying for Synod and for New Ways Ministry's Presence in Rome and Portugal
/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry /by Francis DeBernardo, EditorOne week from today, Pope Francis will open the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops to discuss the... Read More
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