Cameroonian Priest: African Synod Delegates Likely to Resist Pro-LGBTQ+ Ideas

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A Cameroonian priest has suggested that African delegates to the Synod on Synodality assembly next month may be quite resistant to any efforts at being more inclusive of LGBTQ+ people. Read More

Youth Patient Allegedly Denied Care by Catholic Medical Group Because She Is Transgender

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A Catholic healthcare group has denied care to a young patient based on her gender identity with one doctor allegedly telling her mother, "We don't see transgendered patients in this clinic." Read More

Activists Protest Outside Vatican for Lesbian Mothers’ Rights; And More News

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Today's post includes news about lesbian activists' protest outside the Vatican in support of mothers' rights, a controversy over a Hungarian Catholic publisher's textbook, and more. Read More

Court Dismisses Parishes’ Lawsuit Against Michigan LGBTQ+ Law; Other Legal Developments

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This week, Bondings 2.0 has featured a series on ways in which some Catholics and their allies are using the U.S. legal system to stop and even rollback LGBTQ+ rights. Today's post is the conclusion of this series featuring brief updates on other legal developments. Read More

Catholic Relief Services’ Defense of Discrimination Helps Gut Maryland LGBTQ+ Protections

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This week, Bondings 2.0 is featuring series on ways in which some Catholics and their allies are using the U.S. legal system to stop and even rollback LGBTQ+ rights. Today's post about a court ruling in a church-related employment discrimination lawsuit. Read More

Denver Archdiocese Files Lawsuit Against Colorado’s Pre-K Program over LGBTQ+ Rules

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In a series of posts this week, Bondings 2.0 will cover some of the LGBTQ-focused court cases that involve Catholics. Today's post is about a new lawsuit involving the Archdiocese of Denver and non-discrimination protections. Read More

What Disability Theology Can Teach the Church About Transgender Identities

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Catholics should not be strangers to the deep connection between body and soul, refusing a binary that suggests we are composed of two separated entities. As Catholics, embodiment is central to the human experience and to God’s participation in the world, so how we treat the bodies of ourselves and others matters deeply. Read More

New Report Details Horrors LGBTQ+ Refugees, Including Many Catholics, Face in Kenya

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A new article from a Catholic media outlet has highlighted the plight of LGBTQ+ refugees, for whom each day is “difficult and full of challenges." In one refugee camp, a majority of these LGBTQ+ refugees are Catholic.  Read More

Malawi’s Bishops Organize Protests Against Court’s Possible Legalization of Homosexuality

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Catholic leaders in Malawi organized and led an interfaith protest against LGBTQ+ rights as the nation's criminalization laws currently face a court challenge, while bishops in Cote d'Ivoire decried the country's more permissive laws on LGBTQ+ rights. Read More

Vatican’s Ambassador to Germany Criticized for Anti-LGBTQ+ Homily; And More News

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For Catholic LGBTQ+ issues, there always seems to be news from German-speaking world, where pro-equality faithful have made tremendous inroads and controversies keep arising. Today's post highlights three news stories in recent months revealing that tension. Read More