What's So Doctrinal About Gender Normative Clothing?

A San Francisco high school had removed a student’s yearbook photo because the young woman wore... Read More

U.S. Catholics Stand with Nuns As Vatican Crackdown Re-Emerges

The Vatican’s heavy-handed investigations of U.S. women religious appeared to be fading away under Pope... Read More

Why Do LGBT People Feel the Catholic Church Hates Them?

Yesterday, May 17th, was the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.  In Italy, at least... Read More

Italian Bishops' Conference Head Calls for Dialogue Without "Taboo"

The world synod on marriage and the family, scheduled at the Vatican in October 2014,... Read More

On Persevering in Spite of Rejection: A Follow-Up Post

About a week ago, Bondings 2.0 reported that Queering The Church blogger Terence Weldon had been dismissed from... Read More

Papal Canonizations, Part 2: Pope John Paul II's Record on LGBT Issues

Today is canonization day for two recent popes:  John XXIII and John Paul II.  In... Read More

Papal Canonizations, Part 1: Pope John XXIII's Influence on LGBT Equality

On Sunday, April 27th, two recent popes, John XXIII and John Paul II, will be... Read More

EXCLUSIVE: Why Catholics Should Affirm Civil Marriage Equality

A new theological argument in favor of Catholic support for civil same-sex marriage is being... Read More

Overemphasizing Pope Harms the Church, Says Commonweal Editor

Pope Francis’ widespread popularity seems to be good news for the Catholic Church, gained in... Read More

QUOTE TO NOTE: Italian Archbishop Calls on Church to Re-Think LGBT Approach

Archbishop Italo Castellani of Lucca, Italy, has called for the Church to re-think the negative... Read More