Church Should Apologize to Gay People, Says Top Adviser to Pope Francis
The Catholic Church should apologize to lesbian and gay people for the harm it has caused... Read More
Pope Francis on LGBT Issues Is Out of Sync with Amoris Laetitia’s Overall Message, Say Theologians
/7 Comments/in Pope Francis, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing EditorLast week, Bondings 2.0 highlighted young theologians critical of the perceived dismissal of LGBT Catholics... Read More
Fr. James Martin, LGBT Groups, Others React to Pope Francis’ “The Joy of Love”
/0 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing EditorYesterday’s release of Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family whose title translates as The... Read More
Examining the Two Faces of Pope Francis on LGBT Issues
/0 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Pope Francis /by Francis DeBernardo, EditorToday’s blog post is by guest blogger Vernon Smith (see bio below). There he goes... Read More
Are Civil Unions Coming to Italy? Pope Francis & Bishops Hope Not
/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing EditorItaly’s Parliament began debating civil unions for same-gender couples this week. Whatever the outcome of a... Read More
Justice and Mercy Shall Kiss: Commentary and Announcement
/6 Comments/in New Ways Ministry, Pope Francis /by Francis DeBernardo, EditorJamie Manson is certainly one of the best journalistic observers of LGBT issues in the... Read More
Can Encounter Be a Way for Conservatives to Go Forward on LGBT Equality?
/7 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Pope Francis /by Francis DeBernardo, EditorConservative Christians have lost the battle over marriage equality, said Religion Dispatches blogger Kaya Oakes... Read More
2015: A Miraculous Year for Love
/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing EditorWhat bothers me most about this common understanding of miracles, though, is that, in seeking the superstitious and super-natural, we miss the real miracles God performs in our world. 2015 was a year of miracles, miracles of love. I reflect on a few now so they are not lost. Read More
Cloistered Argentine Carmelite Nun Reaches Out to Trans Women
/17 Comments/in Pope Francis /by Francis DeBernardo, EditorRegular long-time readers of Bondings 2.0 may remember our posts about Sister “Monica,” a U.S. nun... Read More
Cupich vs. Chaput: Examining the Tensions in the Synod
/8 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Pope Francis /by Francis DeBernardo, EditorBelow is the next installment of Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and... Read More
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