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During the Synod assembly this month, much of the focus is on what is happening in the hall where participants meet or what is said during the daily press briefings. There have been, however, a number of external happenings in Rome, too. Today’s post covers some of the LGBTQ-related events.
Several Catholic priests in Germany held a blessing ceremony for same-gender couples, defying the local archbishop who does not permit such liturgies.
A German archbishop has said that while he will not perform blessings of LGBTQ+ couples, no priest or pastoral minister who does so will be sanctioned in his archdiocese, a position he roots in the teachings of Pope Francis.
A leader of Germany’s influential lay Catholic organization has criticized the cardinal who censured a priest for conducting a blessing liturgy inclusive of queer couples.
This week, New Ways Ministry is announcing a new resource that documents the LGBTQ-related records, good and bad, of Synod assembly participants to help understand how this conversation about inclusion and equality might proceed.
It’s a possibility–and it would be great!
The incoming head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office has expressed an openness to blessings for LGBTQ+ couples, though reaffirmed such blessings should not be confused with the heteronormative understanding of marriage promoted by church leaders.
The Flemish bishops’ opening to bless LGBTQ+ couples is “not going against the pope,” one of those bishops has said based on personal conversations with Pope Francis.
In a letter to his diocese, a German bishop has called for the church to re-evaluate its sexual ethics and consider LGBTQ+ people at the center of this work.
A conservative cardinal has called on Pope Francis to punish German bishops who aim to make the church more inclusive for LGBTQ+ individuals and women.