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Today’s post includes news items about a Catholic reform network’s condemnation of insurrectionist violence in the U.S., a German bishop’s reiterated support for church blessings of same-gender couples, and more.
In today’s post from Sr. Jeannine Gramick, she writes about how Fr. Tony Flannery’s refusal to sign Vatican oaths on women’s leadership and on LGBTQ equality actually “shows a real love for this Church.”
Austria’s Archdiocese of Salzburg has published a new book which explores the blessings of same-gender unions, an important step towards formal recognition of LGBTQ+ relationships in a country where marriage equality was instituted in 2019.
A German bishop has begun a process to discuss blessings for people in relationships that cannot be married in the Catholic Church, including same-gender couples.
A German priest has been granted Vatican permission to assume a university leadership to which he was elected earlier this year after, permission which first had been withheld over the priest’s views on homosexuality and women.
A German priest elected to university leadership has yet to receive necessary approval from the Vatican that would allow him to assume the rectorship. Observers speculate this withholding might be caused by the priest’s progressive views on LGBT issues.
LGBTQ+ advocates worldwide have welcomed the German church’s recent decisions to bless same-gender couples and to advance transgender inclusion in the church. Meanwhile, a top Vatican official reiterated his concerns about the process.