Korean Priest Blesses LGBTQ+ Couple, While More Bishops Issue Condemnations

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More than two months after Fiducia Supplicans was released, the debate over blessings persists—in some cases, pastoral workers are taking it to heart and offering blessings. In other cases, bishops are continuing their resistance. Today's post includes those news stories and other commentaries on the topic. Read More

Many Agree “Fiducia Supplicans” Is an Evangelizing Text—But to What End?

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How will the implementation of Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican declaration allowing priests to bless same-gender couples, shape new contours to pastoral care? Many commentators agree that the document has an evangelical aim, however, their views about the evangelizing methods point in two different directions. Read More

Blessings Opposition Due to “Enduring Animus” Against LGBTQ+ People, Says Cardinal McElroy

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A top U.S. cardinal has said opposition to Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican declaration allowing blessings for... Read More

What Are Your Covenants (Under God’s Rainbow) This Lent

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When you see a rainbow, what does it mean to you? How about a rainbow flag, banner, or even a pin on a government building, a home, or on another’s personal belongings? Read More

Maltese Catholics Gift Pope Francis Book of LGBTQ+ Testimonies; And More News

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Today's post includes story about a Maltese Catholic LGBTQ+ group's new book, Greek bishops' opposition to marriage equality, and a gathering of transgender-negative bishops in Prague. Read More

Scapegoating LGBTQ+ People Must End and All Be Welcomed, Says Fr. James Alison

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After recognizing at age nine that he was gay, James Alison, a priest and theologian, spent many scholarly years trying to understand why queer people are targets in society. His conclusion: the queer community has become victims of the age-old practice known as "scapegoating." Read More

Mary, Mother of God, Is “Gender-Bending, Queer Prophetess,” Writes Catholic Scholar

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Mary, the mother of God, is a "gender-bending, queer prophetess who defied the gender conventions of her time," writes one LGBTQ+ Catholic in an essay examining how Mary helped the author experience queer joy. Read More

Gay CBS Journalist Alleges Discrimination By Louisiana Catholic School

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A journalist is calling for education leaders to have “courage” in their of support LGBTQ+ people after he went public about discrimination he faced at a Catholic school. Read More

Argentine Nun Endorses Marriage Equality in Church; And More News

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Regular readers of Bondings 2.0 will know that since December, the debate over Fiducia Supplicans and blessings for queer couples has dominated Catholic LGBTQ+ news—indeed, it is hard to keep up! Today's post plays a bit of catch up with positive stories from the last few months. Read More

Pope Francis: Condemning LGBTQ+ Blessings While Ignoring Real Injustice Is Hypocrisy

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In his latest remarks about blessing same-gender couples, Pope Francis criticized as hypocrites those faithful who seem to negatively obsess about LGBTQ+ people, while ignoring the world's real injustices. Today's post includes this news and more updates on the reception of Fiducia Supplicans that remains ongoing. Read More