Challenges of Reporting from the Synod: Homophobic Statements, Leaked Documents, the Rumor Mill, and How to Keep Up With It All

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

Should the Church Be a Mother or Father to Families? What's the Difference?

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

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

Trying to Interpret the Language of the Synod

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

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

A Synod Discussion Asks the Question: What Is Mercy?

This post is the sixth in Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and Family... Read More

Will Language Be the Only Thing That the Synod Updates?

This post is the fifth in Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and Family... Read More

Synod Day Two's Question: Who Is Inside and Who Is Outside the Church?

This post is the second in Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and... Read More

On Synod's First Day, Differing Opinions on What Can Be Expected

As I mentioned last week, I’m in Rome for the first part of October to... Read More

Pope Francis' Actions May Speak Louder Than His Words on LGBT Issues

The news that Pope Francis’ “only real audience’ (in the words of a Vatican press statement)... Read More