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A Michigan priest has publicly apologized for allowing a gay author to read to a preschool class at the parish school, claiming the invited author “does not represent the values of our Catholic faith.”
Can the official teaching of the Church come to recognize and value the lives and loves of queer Catholics? Why not?
Pope Francis has approved blessing same-gender couples in what the Vatican’s doctrinal office referred to as a “real development” in church, emphasizing now that “God never turns away anyone who approaches him!”
The Catholic Church’s dialogue about LGBTQ+ issues has advanced greatly under Pope Francis, yet whether and how to provide welcome and inclusion remains controverted. As has often been the case, women religious are not waiting in their outreach. Today’s post highlights how Catholic sisters are forging ahead on LGBTQ+ inclusion.
Tomorrow, the Synod on Synodality’s first General Assembly concludes. Bondings 2.0 has covered LGBTQ-related developments all month, but given how often gender and sexuality issues arose, we have not been able to post it all yet. This post is a rundown of those news and commentaries related to the Synod.
How the Catholic Church approaches LGBTQ+ issues is not solely a pastoral concern. The church, and the Synod assembly, need to examine whether Catholics are abiding by our own teachings to stop anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.
Yesterday, Bondings 2.0 announced New Ways Ministry’s new resource that details what participants in the upcoming Synod assembly in October have said or done when it comes to LGBTQ+ issues. Today, a second batch of participants has been added to that resource.
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.
LGBTQ+ Christians in Hungary have expressed hope that a visit by Pope Francis beginning today will bring a message of acceptance to a nation where anti-LGBTQ+ policies are intensifying, often with Catholic support.