Archbishop Cordileone Partially Bans Blessing LGBTQ+ Couples

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Contradicting Pope Francis, a U.S. archbishop has said priests may deny blessings to same-gender couples. Today's post features that news, along with other U.S. prelates' reactions to Fiducia Suplicans, the Vatican declaration allowing such blessings. Read More

French Archbishop Will Bless Same-Gender Couples; More Positive Responses

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Today's post highlights positive responses from around the world to the Vatican's declaration allowing blessings for same-gender couples. Read More

Top Cardinal Responds to Global Bishops’ Swift Criticism of Blessings Declaration

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In Pope Francis' nearly-eleven year tenure, perhaps nothing he has done has prompted so many responses in such a short time as approving blessings for same-gender couples. Within a day or two of the Vatican declaration on blessings, titled Fiducia Supplicans, being released, dozens, if not hundreds, of church leaders and other Catholics spoke out—and strongly. Read More

The Church Can Bless Queer Couples. But What’s Actually Possible?

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Can the official teaching of the Church come to recognize and value the lives and loves of queer Catholics? Why not? Read More

LGBTQ+ Advocates Celebrate Pope’s Approval of Same-Gender Blessings

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On Monday, the Vatican issued a declaration, approved by Pope Francis, that made blessings for same-gender couples possible in the church. In posts this week, Bondings 2.0 will detail various reactions from Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates, secular groups, church leaders, and others. Read More

Blessing LGBTQ+ Couples Is “Real Development” in Church Teaching, Says Vatican

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Pope Francis has approved blessing same-gender couples in what the Vatican's doctrinal office referred to as a "real development" in church, emphasizing now that "God never turns away anyone who approaches him!” Read More

New Ways Ministry: Pope’s Blessings Approval Is Early Christmas Gift to LGBTQ+ Catholics

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LGBTQ+ Catholics worldwide welcome this early Christmas gift, which brings them much closer to being full and equal members of the Church they love so dearly. Read More

As Church Debates LGBTQ+ Issues, Catholic Sisters Forge Ahead

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The Catholic Church's dialogue about LGBTQ+ issues has advanced greatly under Pope Francis, yet whether and how to provide welcome and inclusion remains controverted. As has often been the case, women religious are not waiting in their outreach. Today's post highlights how Catholic sisters are forging ahead on LGBTQ+ inclusion. Read More

What’s Wrong With Pope Francis’ Same-Gender Blessings Support?

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“Pastoral prudence” ducks the real question. Read More

Imagining the Feminist and LGBTQ-Affirming Sacramentality of a Synodal Church

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My image of a synodal church, however distant it may be, includes women preaching and ministering the Gospel during the blessing of LGBTQ marriage. Read More