Examining Pope Francis’ Apostolic Visit to Mexico Through a Pro-LGBT Lens

Preceding Pope Francis’ visit to the Mexico-U.S. border on Wednesday, an outlet called Borderzine published... Read More

Examining the Two Faces of Pope Francis on LGBT Issues

Today’s blog post is by guest blogger Vernon Smith (see bio below). There he goes... Read More

Lay Catholics in Italy Split on Civil Unions Question

Yesterday, Bondings 2.0 explored how Pope Francis and the Italian hierarchy have engaged that nation’s present... Read More

Are Civil Unions Coming to Italy? Pope Francis & Bishops Hope Not

Italy’s Parliament began debating civil unions for same-gender couples this week. Whatever the outcome of a... Read More

Taiwanese Catholic Candidate Endorses LGBT Rights–and Other Political News

A Catholic vice presidential candidate in Taiwan’s upcoming elections this week offered a general endorsement of... Read More

Can Encounter Be a Way for Conservatives to Go Forward on LGBT Equality?

Conservative Christians have lost the battle over marriage equality, said Religion Dispatches blogger Kaya Oakes... Read More

Bishop Paprocki Responds to Newspaper Letter on Communion Distribution

Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, has implicitly critiqued the recent comments by Archbishop Blase... Read More

Married Gay Catholics Chosen as "Persons of the Year"

Married gay Catholics Greg Bourke and Michael DeLe­on were chosen as Persons of the Year by... Read More

Church Worker Rights a Key Concern for Year of Mercy

LGBT workers’ rights remain deficient at Catholic institutions, a divisive reality demanding even greater attention... Read More