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Doctor Appeals to Pope Francis: Support Transgender Healthcare, Stop Discrimination

October 24, 2024/4 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

This week, Bondings 2.0 is publishing the personal testimonies of the transgender, intersex, and ally Catholics who met with Pope Francis last Saturday with the support of New Ways Ministry. Read More

Meeting with Pope, Deacon Faults Church for “Stunning Lack of Compassion” to Trans People

October 22, 2024/6 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

This week, Bondings 2.0 is publishing the personal testimonies of the transgender, intersex, and ally Catholics who met with Pope Francis last Saturday with the support of New Ways Ministry. Read More

In Audience with Pope, Transgender Catholic Says Gender-Affirming Care Is a Blessing

October 19, 2024/4 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

This week, Bondings 2.0 is publishing the personal testimonies of the transgender, intersex, and ally Catholics who met with Pope Francis last Saturday with the support of New Ways Ministry. Read More

Intersex Catholic Tells Pope Francis a Story of Faith, Violence—And God’s Mercy

October 14, 2024/6 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

This week, Bondings 2.0 is publishing the personal testimonies of the transgender, intersex, and ally Catholics who met with Pope Francis last Saturday with the support of New Ways Ministry. Read More

New Ways Ministry Brings Transgender, Intersex, Ally Catholics for Dialogue with Pope Francis

October 12, 2024/6 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, 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

Pope Francis met today with a diverse group of transgender, intersex, and ally Catholics, including a medical doctor who provides gender transition care. Read More

New Article Offers LGBTQ+ Perspectives in Debate Over Reproductive Surrogacy

September 20, 2024/2 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Phoebe Carstens

In the "National Catholic Reporter," journalist Camillo Barone explores the ways that surrogacy has played a part in Catholics’ lives, offering a perspective on the practice that objects to its description as “a grave violation of dignity" yet which has brought much goodness to LGBTQ+ people. Read More

Former Gay Seminarian and Experts Detail Harms of Legal Conversion Therapy in Italy

August 30, 2024/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Healthcare, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Sarah Cassidy

In Italy, conversion therapy is still employed today, creating unsafe and traumatizing experiences for many LGBTQ+ individuals—and much of its persistence is due to Catholic culture in the nation. Read More

If “Gender Ideology” Is a No, What Can the Church Say Positively to Transgender Catholics?

August 6, 2024/0 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Since the Vatican released its transgender-negative declaration Dignitas Infinita in April, a steady stream of commentaries have been published by LGBTQ+ Catholics and allies critical of the document for its shortcomings. Most recently, one writer argued that, when it comes to trans and nonbinary, the church cannot just say "no." Today's post rounds up some of the commentaries not previously covered by Bondings 2.0. Read More

Pro-LGBTQ+ Priests Group Denied Space at Eucharistic Congress; And More News

July 20, 2024/0 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post includes news about the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests being denied space at the National Eucharistic Congress, the 'hospital of the popes' opening a gender clinic, and more. Read More

Catholic Parents in Malta Say “Dignitas Infinita” Is Devastating for Transgender People

May 17, 2024/2 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

The members of Drachma Parents were greatly distressed when we read Dignitas Infinita and saw our Trans* siblings who are being once again pushed to the periphery and again denied any small shaft of light they might have found to make them feel whole. Read More