Vatican’s Synod Office Makes LGBTQ Issues Focus of Latest Newsletter
The Synod office at the Vatican has featured LGBTQ issues, including stories about same-gender couples, in the latest edition of its newsletter.
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The Synod office at the Vatican has featured LGBTQ issues, including stories about same-gender couples, in the latest edition of its newsletter.
It‘s a special kind of joy to be connected to other queer people in church in this way. For me, the visibility of other trans and nonbinary people especially gives me hope and renews my conviction that I‘m fighting for the right reasons.
A top bishop in Germany is defending that country’s Synodal Way after dozens of bishops published an open letter critical of the process, which has been quite LGBTQ-positive in draft documents.
In an historic first, a Vatican official spoke to an audience of LGBTQ Catholics this past Sunday, encouraging them to participate in the synodal process while also learning about their experiences.
The local phase of the Synod on Synodality is well underway in dioceses worldwide, and LGBTQ issues are part of those discussions in many places. One columnist is exhorting church leaders in Asia to take such issues seriously, including the question of same-gender unions.
New Ways Ministry is pleased to announce that Sr. Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ, Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, will be delivering the 2022 Father Robert Nugent Memorial Lecture.
Delegates of Germany’s Synodal Way voted for three LGBTQ-positive texts last week, including calls for the church to bless LGBTQ couples and reconsider teachings on homosexuality.
One of the Europe’s top bishops has said the church must reassess its teaching on homosexuality while offering support for LGBTQ church workers.
As Germany’s Synodal Way again meets today, members are grappling with how the gender binary is effecting both the substance and the language involved in the process.