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A German archbishop has apologized again to lesbian, bisexual, and gay people for the church’s mistreatment of them, saying this mistreatment was an “unholy line of tradition.”
“What are you, a masochist?” We in the Catholic LGBTQ community sometimes hear this question from well-meaning, non-Catholic friends, who wonder how we can remain in a Church that seems, in many ways, not to want us.
As Bondings 2.0 readers know well by now, German Catholics continue to lead on LGBTQ equality in the church. Today’s post features several updates from the country.
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 top German bishop has endorsed church blessings for same-gender couples, suggesting that the church needs to overcome perceptions that the church is only condemnatory when it comes to sexuality.
Today’s post features three LGBTQ-related developments in the German church, including the election to the bishops conference there of a pro-LGBTQ president.
A diocesan magazine in Germany recently featured three perspectives on LGBTQ issues in the church, one from a gay pastoral worker, one from theologian, and one from a sex therapist.