Only the Foreigner Returned: LGBTQ+ Catholics on the Synodal Path
This synodal process has exposed me in a new way to just how often LGBTQ+ Catholics are the foreigners who returned.
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This synodal process has exposed me in a new way to just how often LGBTQ+ Catholics are the foreigners who returned.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has released its national synthesis for the Synod on Synodality, which includes LGBTQ+ issues, although in a mixed way that is not entirely positive.
Yesterday, Bondings 2.0 reported on positive LGBTQ-related developments that occurred at the latest assembly of Germany’s Synodal Way. Today’s post looks more closely at one of the documents approved related to gender diversity.
An assembly of Germany’s Synodal Way passed several LGBTQ-affirming resolutions last weekend, though a main document calling for the church church to reconsider its sexual ethics failed to pass. In posts today and tomorrow, Bondings 2.0 will update readers on what happened and what it may mean.
Today’s post highlights LGBTQ-related findings from the national syntheses submitted to the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality.
Today, Bondings 2.0 features the Irish bishops’ synthesis as one of the strongest calls for LGBTQ+ inclusion during the synodal process so far.
As the local listening portion of the Synod on Synodality concludes this summer, reports worldwide are being released which identify LGBTQ issues as needing attention in the church. Today’s post highlights several of these reports.
Yesterday, New Ways Ministry released its report on what LGBTQ people and allies are saying during the synodal process. The report is now available to read and share widely.