Advocates Keep Rejoicing Over Vatican Approval of Same-Gender Blessings
Today's first post is a round up of reactions to "Fiducia supplicans" from LGBTQ+ advocates that have not yet been covered. Read More
Vatican: Bishops May Not Ban Blessing Same-Gender Couples
The Vatican's doctrinal office has issued a clarification that bishops may not bar priests from blessing couples in "irregular" situations, including same-gender couples, that it allowed in its recent declaration, Fiducia supplicans. Read More
Archbishop Cordileone Partially Bans Blessing LGBTQ+ Couples
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
Today's post highlights positive responses from around the world to the Vatican's declaration allowing blessings for same-gender couples. Read More
Vote for 2023’s Best and Worst Catholic LGBTQ+ News Events Before Time Runs Out!
REMINDER: The deadline for Bondings 2.0′s readers’ poll to determine the Best and Worst Catholic... Read More
Top Cardinal Responds to Global Bishops’ Swift Criticism of Blessings Declaration
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
In Reversal, Saint Mary’s College Ends Policy Welcoming Transgender Students
A Catholic women's college has reversed its decision to admit transgender students after facing backlash from the local bishop. Read More
LGBTQ+ Advocates Celebrate Pope’s Approval of Same-Gender Blessings
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
Rejoice: It’s Realistic, Radical, and Revolutionary
REJOICE! … Really? With all the bad news, how can we rejoice? Read More
“Out 100” List for 2023 Includes Papal Advisor Juan Carlos Cruz; And More News
Juan Carlos Cruz, a close friend to Pope Francis, is honored by an LGBTQ+ publication, one theologian remembers a DignityUSA founder, and more news. Read More