Catholic Leaders Seek “Stronger Moral Leadership” from President Biden on LGBTQ+ Rights

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How well has President Joe Biden, who often touts his Catholic faith, navigated LGBTQ+ issues? A new article in The Hill highlights how Biden both has been a “champion” and “behind the times” when it comes to advocating for LGBTQ+ people. Read More

We Must “Attentively Listen” to God’s Revelation through Transgender People, Writes Priest

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“Who gets to tell one's story? Who should get to tell one's story?” Those are the questions asked by theologian Fr. Dan Horan, OFM in an essay urging U.S. bishops and other church leaders to listen to the experiences of transgender and nonbinary people. Read More

In Italy, Gay Priests Come Out via Letter Decrying Homophobia in the Church; And More News

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When Bondings 2.0 first began in 2011, the hope was to find enough content to post once a day. Twelve years later, we consistently find ourselves with too much Catholic LGBTQ+ content! We have stuck to one post per day as a rule, but that at times means some news gets lost and never make it onto the blog. Today's post is a form of our "News Notes" series that features two of these older stories, which are still relevant and worth reading. Read More

Church Teaching Needs to Acknowledge Gender Is Not a Binary, Writes Catholic Journalist

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In the National Catholic Reporter, Rebecca Bratten Weiss explores the way that claims of "gender ideology" by Pope Francis and other church leaders fail to reflect gender realities in nature in favor of the church's doctrinal claims. Read More

Canadian Pastor Apologizes for Parish Bulletin Insert Linking Pride Flag to Child Abuse

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“We must always make every effort to communicate and treat one another with charity and respect,” wrote Fr. Michael Hughes in a formal statement of apology for allowing the spread of homophobic misinformation in his parish’s bulletin. “I pledge to do so moving forward.” Read More

Pope Francis Names Two Pastorally-Inclined Cardinals Open to LGBTQ+ Issues

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Pope Francis announced a new round of cardinals to be created at a consistory this September, one the new head of the Vatican's doctrinal office who is open to blessing queer couples and the other a Polish archbishop who seems more LGBTQ-positive than his country's episcopate at large. Read More

How Are Synod Assembly Participants on LGBTQ+ Issues? — Part III

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Today's post concludes our series highlighting some of the more LGBTQ-positive participants in this October's assembly for the Synod on Synodality, as the process is informally known. Read More

How Are Synod Assembly Participants on LGBTQ+ Issues? — Part II

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Yesterday, Bondings 2.0 announced New Ways Ministry's new resource that details what participants in the upcoming Synod assembly in October have said or done when it comes to LGBTQ+ issues. Today, a second batch of participants has been added to that resource. Read More

How Are Synod Assembly Participants on LGBTQ+ Issues? — Part I

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This week, New Ways Ministry is announcing a new resource that documents the LGBTQ-related records, good and bad, of Synod assembly participants to help understand how this conversation about inclusion and equality might proceed. Read More

Catholics Decry Ugandan Bishops’ Tacit Support for Anti-LGBTQ+ Law

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Catholic LGBTQ+ leaders have continued calls for Uganda's bishops to condemn legislation passed earlier this year that further criminalizes LGBTQ+ people. One U.S. bishop, however, has defended the new law. Read More