Cupich vs. Chaput: Examining the Tensions in the Synod
Below is the next installment of Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and…
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Below is the next installment of Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and…
Below is the next installment of Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and…
Whether or not Cupich is “America’s Pope Francis” remains to be seen, but what is clear is his leadership in Chicago signals a new direction for the American church.
In his blog on the National Catholic Reporter website, Michael Sean Winters rightly praises Spokane’s Bishop…
Chicago’s Archbishop Blase Cupich called for the church to improve its welcome of nontraditional families in his homily last Sunday, offering a beautiful reflection as the church prepares for October’s Synod of Bishops.
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.
“There were some very compelling testimonies on the part of people about that in terms of their families. That was not fully reflected in the document.”
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State for the Holy See, refuted the idea that homosexuality is linked to sexual abuse, writing in a new book that blaming the abuse crisis in the church on gay priests is a “serious and scientifically untenable association.”
The participants’ list for the Synod’s next assembly causes both hope and disappointment for New Ways Ministry as we work for LGBTQ+ inclusion. This news commits us to continue working to ensure LGBTQ+ people will be heard in the church’s synodal process.