SYNOD: Two Cardinals Make Opposite Statements about Lesbian and Gay People
ROME, Italy–At the synod on Friday, a German cardinal made a plea for recognizing the…
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ROME, Italy–At the synod on Friday, a German cardinal made a plea for recognizing the…
A third definition of “prodigal” in the dictionary surprised me: “yielding abundantly: LUXURIANT.” With this definition, my understanding of the parable of the Prodigal Son shifted.
In response to the sexual abuse crisis, Germany’s bishops have announced the beginning of a “binding synodal path” to examine questions regarding sexual morality, clericalism, and priestly celibacy.
Thomas Andonie is the president of the Bund der Deutschen Katholischen Jugend (Federation of German Catholic Youth). He also has a passion for justice in the church. and was selected to be the nation’s youth auditor at the synod on youth. He used part of his 4 minute talk at the meeting to raise the question of LGBT inequality in the church.
I thought this press briefing was instructive to understand some of the opposition to LGBT issues that exists in the synod, even from some people that we might consider allies. I think that the event provided a peek into what may appear in the final document
The results of Bondings 2.0’s readership survey on whether attitudes and acceptance of LGBTQ people have increased or decreased in the Catholic Church over the past four years are in!
Blessings for same-gender couple may be permissible, said a leading German bishop and adviser to Pope Francis.
Bishop Franz-Josef Bode has said: “I’m concerned with fundamental questions of how we deal with each other; although ‘marriage for all’ differs clearly from the church’s concept of marriage, it’s now a political reality.”
A bishop has barred the blessing of a same-gender equality just as marriage equality in Germany becomes effective October 1, but German Catholics, including some bishops, are advocating for those very blessings. . .
Germany’s bishops have said they are “deeply saddened” by the legalization of equal marriage and…