The Synod & LGBTQ+ People: What Happened? What’s Next?
"The Synod & LGBTQ+ People: What Happened?” on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 7:30 pm Eastern U.S. Time, on Zoom. Read More
Some Synod Report Ideas Could Be Helpful If Applied to LGBTQ+ People
The Synod assembly’s final report contains a number of passages that can be applied in positive ways to LGBTQ+ issues. Read More
Silence at the Synod: A Proposal for Greater Openness
The synod is supposed to be a consultation of the whole church. Read More
New Ways Ministry: Synod Report Greatly Disappoints, But We Must Have Hope
In the Synod on Synodality’s first two years, Catholics worldwide expressed a strong desire for the church to engage positively with LGBTQ+ people. Today, the final report of the Synod’s first General Assembly disappoints by simply reaffirming the hierarchy’s status quo. Read More
Fr. Radcliffe: If Church Loves LGBTQ+ People, Evolution Will Happen
As the Synod on Synodality’s first General Assembly concludes this weekend, with its synthesis report expected later today, one participant offered final thoughts on whether and how church teaching on LGBTQ+ issues might change. Read More
Will There Be LGBTQ+ Progress at the Synod? Possibly Yes. And Possibly No.
Today, the Synod General Assembly's synthesis report will be released. But will the Synod on Synodality really bring significant change for LGBTQ Catholics? Read More
Catechism’s Language of “Disordered” Could Change, Says Cardinal; More Synod News
Tomorrow, the Synod on Synodality’s first General Assembly concludes. Bondings 2.0 has covered LGBTQ-related developments all month, but given how often gender and sexuality issues arose, we have not been able to post it all yet. This post is a rundown of those news and commentaries related to the Synod. Read More
Is the Church a “Family”?
The point of this grim litany is to suggest that the metaphors of “home” and “family” cannot be innocently invoked by a Church that seeks to welcome LGBTQ people. Read More
Why I Have Mixed Feelings About the Synod’s “Letter to the People of God”
The Synod’s General Assembly released the first of two anticipated documents yesterday. The text signals that calls for an inclusive church have been heard, though offers few concrete proposals. Read More
Whoopi Goldberg Thanks Pope on Behalf of Gay Friends; More Synod News
During the Synod assembly this month, much of the focus is on what is happening in the hall where participants meet or what is said during the daily press briefings. There have been, however, a number of external happenings in Rome, too. Today’s post covers some of the LGBTQ-related events. Read More